Burgar Hill Turbines, Georth Road, Evie, Orkney Data via plota.co.uk

25/188/SCO - Scoping Awaiting decision

Proposal

Scoping opinion request to erect four wind turbines (maximum height 200 metres) (total generating capacity 30MW) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 May 2025
✓
Validated
29 May 2025
Decision
Target date was 26 Jun 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 30 Oct 2026; it is now day 519.

Documents 42

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Special protection area 273 m away: Orkney Mainland Moors
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
SSSI 273 m away: West Mainland Moorlands.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Orkney
Application type
Scoping
Received
26 May 2025
Validated
29 May 2025
Ward
West Mainland
Parish
Evie & Rendall Community Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Jun 2025
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 519, past the statutory target. 95% of eia screening and scoping opinions in Orkney are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 25 Oct 2026.

Day 519463 days past the 56-day target
87%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
1,989decided in the last year

Plota live figures for eia screening and scoping opinions decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent eia screening and scoping opinions in Orkney to go on. Orkney decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 25 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
26 Jun 2025
Env. assessment
No