Power plant · Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Seaboard Villages, Fearn Airfield - Anaerobic Digestion Plant
The Seaboard Villages, Fearn Airfield - Anaerobic Digestion Plant is a permitted power plant in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 11 MW of capacity, operated by Breydons Solicitors.
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 | Highland (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 350m S/O Fearn Aerodrome, Fearn Airfield, West of The Seaboard Villages, Tain, IV20 1XY | 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 |
| Permit date | 9 May 2025 (permit 22/05178/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Nov 2022 (reference 22/05178/FUL, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 May 2025 (appeal granted, reference 22/05178/FUL, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Nov 2023 (refused, reference 22/05178/FUL, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 May 2025 (granted, reference 22/05178/FUL, planning authority Highland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Breydons Solicitors | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 11 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 57.7585, -3.9124 | 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.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Highland, reference 22/05178/FUL)
- Permit granted (planning authority Highland, reference 22/05178/FUL)
- Permit refused (planning authority Highland, reference 22/05178/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Highland, reference 22/05178/FUL)
How it compares
The Seaboard Villages, Fearn Airfield - Anaerobic Digestion Plant is the 679th-largest of 872 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,221st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 11 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 679th of 872 | 99,272 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,221st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,225th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 62 substations and 56 grid connections (23 operating, 502 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balaldie Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Glastullich Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.8 km |
| Castlecraig Farms grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 8.0 km |
| Nigg Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.2 km |
| Biomass 7.002 MW grid connection at Invergordon | Grid connection | 7 MW | Operating | 15 km |
| CRE Energy grid connection | Grid connection | 29 MW | Operating | 20 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.
- 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.