Renewable sites › St John Hill
St John Hill
St John Hill is an operational 7.7 MW onshore wind farm in Aberdeenshire, generating since 7 March 2013. Planning permission was granted on 10 December 2009, 17 months after submission. Operator of record: Auquhirie Land Company Ltd.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 10 July 2008 |
| Permission granted | 10 December 2009 17 months after submission |
| Operational | 7 March 2013 39 months after consent |
Screening a site of your own?
Aberdeenshire approves 69% of onshore wind schemes. Redline puts that number, and everything else the record holds, against your own boundary: the authority’s actual approval rate and decision times, every designation inside the red line, agricultural grade, 1 m LIDAR earthworks, how contested the grid is, and yield with a P90 — before you spend on a consultant.
Arrives prefilled with St John Hill’s recorded coordinate — swap in your own postcode or coordinates.
Aberdeenshire’s record on onshore wind
Aberdeenshire has decided 118 onshore wind schemes and approved 69%, taking a median of 12.7 months. See every onshore wind scheme decision in Aberdeenshire →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Wind Onshore · Operational | 7.65 | 0.6 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 5.2 | 4.6 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 1.2 | 7.4 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 4.6 | 8.5 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 6.8 | 8.7 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 17.5 | 8.7 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 7.5 | 8.8 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 25 | 9.9 km |
How big is St John Hill?
St John Hill has a recorded installed capacity of 7.7 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates St John Hill?
REPD records the operator as Auquhirie Land Company Ltd. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was St John Hill approved and built?
The application was submitted on 10 July 2008. Permission was granted on 10 December 2009, 17 months later. The site became operational on 7 March 2013, 39 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 2867.
Novarly Parcel · official public data, read properly · parcel.novarly.com
All sites · Screen your own site · Planning by council · Coal mining search by postcode