Power plant · East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Linburn Farm
Linburn Farm is a cancelled wind power plant in East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1.7 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 (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 | 5 Nov 2015 (permit 14/0229/PP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 18 Mar 2014 (reference 14/0229/PP, planning authority East Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Nov 2015 (appeal granted, reference 14/0229/PP, planning authority East Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Nov 2015 (granted, reference 14/0229/PP, planning authority East Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Mar 2015 (refused, reference 14/0229/PP, planning authority East Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.7 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 2 units (0.85 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 | 55.5315, -4.1170 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Latest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit expired
- Permit granted (planning authority East Ayrshire, reference 14/0229/PP)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority East Ayrshire, reference 14/0229/PP)
- Permit refused (planning authority East Ayrshire, reference 14/0229/PP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Ayrshire, reference 14/0229/PP)
How it compares
Linburn Farm was cancelled before it was built: it is not ranked among the power plants that run, and its 1.7 MW is not counted in their totals.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 237 grid connections (126 operating, 1,480 MW), 182 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cronberry | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Bankend Rig Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 14.3 MW | Operating | 5.4 km |
| Bankend Rig Extension Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 8.5 MW | Planned | 5.9 km |
| Mill Rig Windfarm grid connection | Grid connection | 34.2 MW | Operating | 6.9 km |
| Cumnock | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Douglas West | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 37 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.