Balhearty Solar (5 MW)
Balhearty Solar is a 5 MW solar farm project in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 31 March 2016; the record was last updated on 5 July 2018.
5 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
5 July 2018record last updated
Clackmannanshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 October 2015 | Application submitted |
| 23 December 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 February 2016 | Construction started |
| 31 March 2016 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 5 July 2018
- Operator or applicant
- NESF (formerly Lark Energy)
- Planning authority
- Clackmannanshire
- Planning application reference
- 15/00188/FULL
- Site area
- 12.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Balhearty, Coalsnaughton, Tillicoultry
- Council area (by location)
- Clackmannanshire
- Time to decision
- 9 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5795
Who decides
Clackmannanshire has 7 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankhead Farm | battery storage | 25 | approved, not built | 4.0 |
| Devilla Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 500 | under construction | 4.6 |
| Windburn Wind Farm | wind farm | 65 | application submitted | 4.7 |
| Easter Muirhead Farm | wind farm | 15 | refused | 5.2 |
| Forthbank | wind farm | 5 | refused | 6.4 |
| Muirmealing Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 6.8 |
| Kincardine Battery Storage | battery storage | 342 | approved, not built | 7.2 |
| West Grange Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 7.5 |
| Frandy Hill | wind farm | 14 | refused on appeal | 7.8 |
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 (56.143, -3.712).