Renewable Energy Sites in Scotland with Planning Status

Scottish renewable energy sites data compiled from local authority planning applications and separate operational site files. The dataset likely contains sites categorized as approved, pending, or operational, with rejected or withdrawn applications removed. It was created by the Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot and last updated on 2026-05-05.

Use Cases

• Mapping the distribution of operational renewable energy sites based on the provided point and polygon data.
• Analyzing planning application outcomes for renewable projects based on the described approval status categories.
• Assessing regional renewable energy capacity by merging local authority data into national layers as described.
• Monitoring the development pipeline of renewable energy by tracking pending and approved applications.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from official local authority planning applications, suggesting a formal collection process.
• Includes a described attempt to filter for approved, pending, and operational sites, improving relevance.
• Combines point and polygon data from multiple sources to form national data layers.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Data may reflect geographic or administrative bias inherent to the uk_data platform and local authority reporting.

Provenance

Source

Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot

Collection Method

Merged from local authority planning application data and separate operational site files provided in structured formats.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 14:06:40.860180; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Scotland