Acharn Forest (9.9 MW battery storage)
Acharn Forest is a 9.9 MW battery storage project in Stirling, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 10 January 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 16 January 2024.
9.9 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
16 January 2024record last updated
Stirlingcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 November 2023 | Application submitted |
| 10 January 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 10 January 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 9.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 16 January 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Biomass Energy Renewables Llp
- Planning authority
- Stirling
- Planning application reference
- 2023/0372/DET
- Address (REPD)
- Acharn Forest, Killin, Tayside, lomond
- Council area (by location)
- Stirling
- Time to decision
- 10 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Acharn Forest - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 15321
Who decides
| Applications | Stirling | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 23 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (30%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 7 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 6 of 11 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 30.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killin Switching Station, Boreland - Boreland Energy Storage Park | battery storage | 43 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
| Tir Artair | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
| Glentarken Wind Farm | wind farm | 104 | application submitted | 10.0 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (56.4476, -4.3445).