Power plant · East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Nether Carswell Cottage Wind Turbine
Nether Carswell Cottage Wind Turbine is a permitted wind power plant in East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 4.2 MW of capacity, operated by Nether Carswell Three Limited.
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 |
| Address | 370m S/O Nether Carswell Cottage Kingston Road, Neilston Kilmarnock, KA3 4EQ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | 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 | 10 May 2025 (permit 2020/0578/TP, 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 | 25 Sept 2020 (reference 2020/0578/TP, planning authority East Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 3 Apr 2024 (refused, reference 2020/0578/TP, planning authority East Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 May 2025 (appeal granted, reference 2020/0578/TP, planning authority East Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 May 2025 (granted, reference 2020/0578/TP, planning authority East Ayrshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Nether Carswell Three Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.2 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 1 units (4.2 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 | 55.7418, -4.4692 | 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 granted (planning authority East Ayrshire, reference 2020/0578/TP)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority East Ayrshire, reference 2020/0578/TP)
- Permit refused (planning authority East Ayrshire, reference 2020/0578/TP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Ayrshire, reference 2020/0578/TP)
How it compares
Nether Carswell Cottage Wind Turbine is the 668th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,123rd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.2 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 668th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,123rd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,285th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 17 substations, 13 grid connections (7 operating, 61.9 MW) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iomart Glasgow Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Verizon Glasgow GLSGGB | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 25 km |
| Ballochmartin Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.5 MW | Planned | 28 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 29 km |
| Auchincarroch (GEN464G2) grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 29 km |
| Blairlinnans Primary | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Dumfin 11kV Network | Substation | — | — | 34 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.