Bishopmill (30 MW battery storage)
Bishopmill is a 30 MW battery storage project in Moray, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 21 December 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 2 January 2024.
30 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
2 January 2024record last updated
Moraycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 June 2023 | Application submitted |
| 21 December 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 21 December 2026 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 30 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 2 January 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Green Power Consultants
- Planning authority
- Moray
- Planning application reference
- 23/00994/APP
- Address (REPD)
- To E/O A941 Bishopmill, Elgin
- Council area (by location)
- Moray
- Time to decision
- 27 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Bishopmill - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 14191
Who decides
| Applications | Moray | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 21 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (33%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 2 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 7 of 14 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 60.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 6 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loanhead Farm | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 3.9 |
| Milltown Airfield (Speyslaw) | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 4.5 |
| RAF Lossiemouth | solar farm | 5 | application submitted | 4.5 |
| Hill of Towie (Drummuir) | wind farm | 48 | operational | 5.5 |
| Hill of Towie II Wind Farm | wind farm | 48 | permission expired | 5.5 |
| Speyslaw Farm | battery storage | 19.9 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Speyslaw Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
| Blackhills Wind Farm | wind farm | 43.2 | application submitted | 9.2 |
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 (57.6698, -3.3103).