Power plant · Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom

Frandy Hill Wind Farm

Frandy Hill Wind Farm is a cancelled wind power plant in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 14 MW of capacity, operated by Wind Prospect Developments.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Perth and Kinross (coordinates), Scotland	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address	Site South Of The Upper And Lower Glendevon Resevoirs Glendevon	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	9 Dec 2011 (reference 11/01952/FLL, planning authority Perth and Kinross)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	11 Apr 2013 (refused, reference 11/01952/FLL, planning authority Perth and Kinross)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	11 Apr 2013 (appeal refused, reference 11/01952/FLL, planning authority Perth and Kinross)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Wind Prospect Developments (applicant)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	14 MW	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Units	7 units (2 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	56.2134, -3.7320	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 and registers, newest first. All recent changes.

11 Apr 2013Permit refused (planning authority Perth and Kinross, reference 11/01952/FLL)
11 Apr 2013Permit refused (appeal refused, planning authority Perth and Kinross, reference 11/01952/FLL)
9 Dec 2011Permit applied for (planning authority Perth and Kinross, reference 11/01952/FLL)

How it compares

Frandy Hill is the 632nd-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 1,955th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 14 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.

Within	Rank	Total	Share
Scotland	632nd of 1,340	46,467 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	1,955th of 5,834	200,500 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	8,615th of 15,800	1,923,633 MW	<0.1%

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 60 grid connections (22 operating, 294 MW), 39 substations and 8 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
Highland Spring Group grid connection	Grid connection	5.5 MW	Planned	6.0 km
Windburn Wind Farm 75MW Wind, 35MW BESS grid connection	Grid connection	110 MW	Planned	6.4 km
Glendevon Primary	Substation	—	—	7.5 km
Gleneagles Primary	Substation	—	—	8.0 km
Kierallan Farm Solar & Storage 50MW grid connection	Grid connection	50 MW	Planned	11 km
Braco West GSP	Substation	—	—	14 km
Edinburgh SC-3	Data center	—	—	37 km
Sungard Availability Services	Data center	—	—	41 km
Pulsant Edinburgh SC-1	Data center	—	—	42 km

Operator and place

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Data on this page

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
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Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
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