Bankhead Farm (25 MW battery storage)
Bankhead Farm is a 25 MW battery storage project in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 2 May 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 13 May 2024.
25 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
13 May 2024record last updated
Clackmannanshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 16 January 2024 | Application submitted |
| 2 May 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 2 May 2029 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 25 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 13 May 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Low Carbon Storage
- Planning authority
- Clackmannanshire
- Planning application reference
- 24/00001/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- Bankhead Farm, Fishcross, Alloa
- Council area (by location)
- Clackmannanshire
- Time to decision
- 15 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Bankhead Farm - Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 14450
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windburn Wind Farm | wind farm | 65 | application submitted | 1.1 |
| Devilla Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 500 | under construction | 1.3 |
| Balhearty Solar | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.0 |
| Forthbank | wind farm | 5 | refused | 5.0 |
| Farm at Lower Polmaise | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 6.8 |
| Rhodders Wind Farm | wind farm | 12 | operational | 6.9 |
| Manor Powis | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 7.1 |
| Burnfoot Hill | wind farm | 26 | operational | 7.4 |
| Kincardine Battery Storage | battery storage | 342 | approved, not built | 7.4 |
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 (56.1423, -3.7764).