Join us if you are you concerned about the impact of these turbines on the picturesque Hill of Fare and its surrounding natural beauty! If you share our mission to preserve this cherished landscape, then you need to act NOW to object to this scheme.
- Autumn 22
- October 22
- November 22
- June 2023
- June 2023
- Autumn 23
- November 2023 Planning submission
- August 2024 - Additional information submission
- October 2024
- April 2025 - The Pre Examination Meeting
- September 2025 - LPI
- New Jan 2026 - LPI Report due
RES, the proposed windfarm developers send out their first official correspondence on the planned turbines in partnership with Dunecht Estates
RES holds public exhibitions about the project in Crathes, Echt, Inverurie and Torphins; they ignore Banchory and Westhill.
closing date for comments on the initial plans
RES public consultations on revised proposals (16 x 180/200m turbines) in Torphins, Midmar and Banchory
RES work up their final plans for submission to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit, ECU) which will be sent to Statutory Consultees such as Aberdeenshire Council.
plans expected to be submitted to Scottish Government’s ECU.From date of application submission, the ECU will send it out to Aberdeenshire Council who will be given 4 months to respond. Other statutory consultees such as SEPA, Nature Scot etc.
In November 2023 RES submitted a Section 36 application to Scottish Minsters for consent under the Electricity Act 1989 for a
16-turbine wind farm proposal at Hill of Fare in Aberdeenshire.
In August 2024, RES submitted Additional Information to Scottish Ministers in support of the application, this included further assessment work on matters including ornithology and hydrology in response to feedback received during the Scottish Government's statutory consultation.16-turbine wind farm proposal at Hill of Fare in Aberdeenshire.
In October 2024, Aberdeenshire Council's Infrastructure Services Committee objected to the application, triggering a public local inquiry, details of which will become available in due course.
Nae Fare is a passionate community of individuals, living locally, unlike the landowner of the Dunecht Estate who lives and works in SE England, dedicated to safeguarding the Hill of Fare and its stunning surroundings.