CityScope · Planning Updates
Application HLD/26/03624/S36
Land 3200M NW Of Dalchreichart Cemetery Dalchreichart Glenmoriston
Variation to increase turbine blade tip height from 185m to 250m and extend operational life to 40 years for Tomchrasky Wind Farm.
The record
- Reference
- HLD/26/03624/S36
- Address
- Land 3200M NW Of Dalchreichart Cemetery Dalchreichart Glenmoriston
- Status
- Under Consideration
- Category
- Renewable Energy, EV & Heat Pumps
- Impact scale
- 8/10
- Authority
- The Highland Council
Timeline
- Received
- Validated
- Last scraped
- Record created
Additional application data
- Latitude
- 57.1738
- Longitude
- -4.9297
What is proposed
Plain-language summary
Variation to increase turbine blade tip height from 185m to 250m and extend operational life to 40 years for Tomchrasky Wind Farm.
As filed with the council
Tomchrasky Wind Farm Variation - application to increase the blade tip height from 185m to 250m and extend the operational lifetime from 30 years 40 years of the consent for Tomchrasky Wind Farm (THC ref. 22/05955/S36) comprising 14 turbines, battery energy storage system (BESS), anemometer mast, access tracks, four borrow pits, and associated infrastructure.
Supporting documents(4)
City Scope Journal
Tomchrasky wind farm plan would bring taller turbines and a longer operating life
A live variation would raise Tomchrasky's proposed maximum blade tip height from 185 metres to 250 metres and extend the operating life from 30 years to 40 years. Separate Highland records show related Bingally grid proposals, with one screening opinion already requiring a full environmental assessment for any future consent application.
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