Battery Energy Storage Park (25 MW)
Battery Energy Storage Park is a 25 MW battery storage project in Na h-Eileanan Siar, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 6 December 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 16 January 2025.
25 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
16 January 2025record last updated
Na h-Eileanan Siarcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 April 2024 | Application submitted |
| 6 December 2024 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 25 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 16 January 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Point & Sandwick Trust
- Planning authority
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Planning application reference
- 24/00155/PPDM
- Address (REPD)
- Battery Point Energy Storage Park Newton Street Stornoway
- Council area (by location)
- Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Time to decision
- 33 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Battery Point, Newton Street - Battery Energy Storage Park
- REPD reference
- 12460
Who decides
| Applications | Na h-Eileanan Siar | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 15 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (13%) | 19% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 14 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 1 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 79.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stornoway Wind Farm (second resubmission) | wind farm | 196 | approved, not built | 1.8 |
| Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor) | wind farm | 652 | refused | 1.8 |
| Beinn Thulabaigh Wind Turbine | wind turbine | 5 | approved, not built | 6.2 |
| Point Wind / Beinn Ghrideag Farm | wind farm | 9 | operational | 6.2 |
| Pentland Road Wind Farm | wind farm | 13.8 | operational | 9.9 |
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 (58.2038, -6.3752).