Power plant · East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alton Muirhouse Farm
Alton Muirhouse Farm is a cancelled wind power plant in East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 6.8 MW of capacity.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | East Ayrshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (appeal refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Dec 2015 (reference 15/0985/PP, planning authority East Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Dec 2018 (appeal refused, reference 15/0985/PP, planning authority East Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Jun 2018 (refused, reference 15/0985/PP, planning authority East Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.8 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 units (3.4 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.6351, -4.3679 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Latest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit refused (appeal refused, planning authority East Ayrshire, reference 15/0985/PP)
- Permit refused (planning authority East Ayrshire, reference 15/0985/PP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Ayrshire, reference 15/0985/PP)
How it compares
Alton Muirhouse Farm was cancelled before it was built: it is not ranked among the power plants that run, and its 6.8 MW is not counted in their totals.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 241 grid connections (122 operating, 1,269 MW), 198 substations and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sneddon Law Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Newmilns | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Grassyards | Substation | — | — | 7.6 km |
| Myreshill grid connection | Grid connection | 1.8 MW | Operating | 8.3 km |
| Queens Drive | Substation | — | — | 8.5 km |
| Myers Hill Wind Farm Extension grid connection | Grid connection | 33 MW | Planned | 8.9 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
Place
Other power plants in Scotland
- Longannet2,260 MW
- Torness1,200 MW
- Peterhead1,180 MW
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Hunterston B985 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.