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Wind turbine appeal decisions: statistics

Last updated
7 April 2026 - see all updates
Directorate
Legal Services (Solicitor to the Scottish Government)
Topic
Building, planning and design

Weekly statistics for wind turbine appeal decisions.

This information does not include section 36 applications or wind turbine planning applications called-in by Scottish Ministers.

The following tables are updated each Tuesday. There were no new decisions to update on 07 April 2026.

Appeal decisions by decision period

Decision period (financial years) Number decided (multiple turbine appeals) Number allowed (multiple turbine appeals) Percentage allowed (multiple turbine appeals) Number decided (single turbine appeals) Number allowed (single turbine appeals) Percentage allowed (single turbine appeals) Overall percentage allowed
2025-26 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 100%
2024 - 25 4 4 100% 1 0 0 75%
2023 - 24 6 5 83% 1 0 0 71%
2022 - 23 16 9 56% 0 0 n/a 50%
2021 - 22 9 7 78% 1 1 100% 80%
2020 - 21 6 2 33% 2 2 100% 50%
2019 - 20 11 5 45% 0 0 n/a 45%
2018 - 19 19 11 58% 1 0 0% 55%
2017 - 18 12 7 58% 0 0 n/a 58%
2016 - 17 21 14 67% 7 5 71% 68%
2015 - 16 29 13 45% 32 21 66% 56%
2014 - 15 36 15 42% 30 20 67% 53%
2013 - 14 40 16 38% 59 25 42% 41%
2012 - 13 33 7 21% 43 15 35% 29%
2011 - 12 16 5 31% 7 1 14% 26%
2010 - 11 13 4 31% 2 1 50% 33%
2009 - 10 11 2 18% 10 1 10% 14%
2008 - 09 5 5 100% 6 2 33% 64%
2007 - 08 15 7 47% 3 2 67% 50%
2006 - 07 4 3 75% 1 0 0% 60%
2005 - 06 4 2 50% 2 2 100% 67%
2004 - 05 5 2 40% 0 0 n/a 40%
2003 - 04 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0%
2002 - 03 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 67%
All to date 316 145 46% 210 99 47% 46%

Of the 498 wind turbine related planning appeals decided since May 2007, 270 (54%) were refused and 228 (46%) were allowed.

Appeal decisions by planning authority area

Planning authority Number decided (multiple turbine appeals) Number allowed (multiple turbine appeals) Percentage allowed (multiple turbine appeals) Number decided (single turbine appeals) Number allowed (single turbine appeals) Percentage allowed (single turbine appeals) Overall percentage allowed
Aberdeen City 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
Aberdeenshire 39 15 38% 50 25 50% 45%
Angus 11 3 27% 2 1 50% 31%
Argyll and Bute 14 6 43% 8 2 25% 36%
Cairngorms 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
City of Edinburgh 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
Clackmannanshire 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 100%
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 1 1 100% 0 n/a n/a 100%
Dumfries and Galloway 48 26 54% 18 6 33% 48%
Dundee City 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
East Ayrshire 22 10 45% 6 3 50% 46%
East Dunbartonshire 0 n/a n/a 1 1 100% 100%
East Lothian 2 1 50% 8 5 63% 60%
East Renfrewshire 3 1 33% 4 3 75% 57%
Falkirk 2 2 100% 4 2 50% 67%
Fife 18 6 33% 25 13 52% 44%
Glasgow City 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
Highland 41 19 46% 5 2 40% 44%
Inverclyde 1 1 100% 3 3 100% 100%
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
Midlothian 4 1 25% 0 n/a n/a 25%
Moray 9 5 56% 13 7 54% 55%
North Ayrshire 5 2 40% 0 0 n/a 40%
North Lanarkshire 3 1 33% 6 2 33% 33%
Orkney Islands 5 4 80% 6 0 0% 36%
Perth and Kinross 23 10 43% 3 1 33% 42%
Renfrewshire 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
Scottish Borders 27 12 44% 3 2 67% 46%
Shetland Islands 0 n/a n/a 0 n/a n/a n/a
South Ayrshire 13 7 54% 9 4 44% 50%
South Lanarkshire 17 7 41% 25 16 64% 55%
Stirling 4 2 50% 6 0 0% 20%
West Dunbartonshire 0 n/a n/a 1 0 0% 0%
West Lothian 5 4 80% 5 1 20% 50%
SCOTLAND 316 145 46% 210 99 47% 46%

More information

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Contact

Telephone: 0300 244 6668

Email: DPEA@gov.scot

Post:
Planning and Environmental Appeals
Hadrian House
Callendar Business Park
Falkirk

FK1 1XR

Twitter: @DPEAScotland

First published
23 August 2022
Last updated
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