Council online Major Energy Related Planning map is live

2nd May 2025

The Highland Council has published its Renewable Energy Mapping Tool.

This tool will enable those with an interest in understanding the location and type of renewable energy projects within Highland to discover not only what already exists on the ground but also the stage that any projects may be at within the planning process.

The tool provides key information for each development in a single click with an easy link into the planning case file where further detailed information is required. The information can be easily filtered in many different ways to ease a particular search.

Cllr Ken Gowans, Chair of the Council's Economy and Infrastructure Committee, said "This is an incredible piece of work that will assist our communities greatly with finding a significant amount of information related to energy related development within Highland in one map."

The mapping tool enables users to search for a variety of energy planning projects including: pump storage, wind, energy storage, transmission grid, transmission switching substations and convertor infrastructure, hydro and other relevant applications.

Currently, 1,305 records of applications are included in the mapping database and detailed information about each can be viewed individually or collectively. The records include applications recorded in Highland Council's development management system.

The Council aims to provide an online training video on how to use this powerful mapping resource so that users can get the most out the information available to them.

The map can be found at https://www.highland.gov.uk/energymap