Power plant · South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kittymuir Farm
Kittymuir Farm is a cancelled power plant in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.6 MW of capacity, operated by West Coast Wind.
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 | South Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Kittymuir Farm, Millheugh Road, Hamilton, Strathclyde, ML3 7XN | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | 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 |
| Permit date | 27 Jun 2016 (permit HM/15/0336, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 25 Aug 2015 (reference HM/15/0336, planning authority South Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Dec 2015 (refused, reference HM/15/0336, planning authority South Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Jun 2016 (granted, reference HM/15/0336, planning authority South Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Jun 2016 (appeal granted, reference HM/15/0336, planning authority South Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | West Coast Wind (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 units (0.8 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 | 55.7137, -3.9831 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit expired
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority South Lanarkshire, reference HM/15/0336)
- Permit granted (planning authority South Lanarkshire, reference HM/15/0336)
- Permit refused (planning authority South Lanarkshire, reference HM/15/0336)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Lanarkshire, reference HM/15/0336)
How it compares
Kittymuir Farm is the 1,198th-largest of 1,326 power plants in Scotland and the 5,058th-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.6 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 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 | 1,198th of 1,326 | 40,645 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,058th of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,550th of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 11 data centers, 5 grid connections (3 operating, 25.4 MW) and 5 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 39 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 45 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 45 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 45 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 48 km |
| Drymen Primary | Substation | — | — | 48 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- 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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- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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