Barnwell, Wright Street (49.9 MW battery storage)
Barnwell, Wright Street is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 28 May 2024; the record was last updated on 19 August 2024.
49.9 MWbattery storage
refusedstatus in REPD
19 August 2024record last updated
Renfrewshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 February 2024 | Application submitted |
| 28 May 2024 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 19 August 2024
- Operator or applicant
- P3P Partners Llp
- Planning authority
- Renfrewshire
- Planning application reference
- 24/0153/PP
- Address (REPD)
- Barnwell Wright Street
- Council area (by location)
- Renfrewshire
- Time to decision
- 13 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Barnwell, Wright Street - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 16107
Who decides
| Applications | Renfrewshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 15 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (27%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 10 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 21.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Airport Solar Farm | solar farm | 19.9 | under construction | 0.8 |
| Laigh Park Water Treatment Works | battery storage | 49.5 | application submitted | 1.1 |
| Neilston Greener Grid Park | battery storage | 50 | under construction | 2.5 |
| Well Street | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| East Fulwood Energy Storage | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 3.4 |
| East Fulwood Greenock Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 14.3 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
| Middleton Farm Cottage, Middleton Road | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 3.9 |
| Middleton Road - Linwood Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 69 | abandoned | 4.7 |
| Artfield Forest Wind Farm | wind farm | 67.2 | approved, not built | 5.8 |
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 (55.8669, -4.4173).