Bishops Dal (150 MW battery storage)
Bishops Dal is a 150 MW battery storage project in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 5 March 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 7 April 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 March 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 150 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 7 April 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Renewable Energy Systems RES Limited (Beaufort)
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00005049
- Address (REPD)
- S/O Eccles Substation, Coldstream
- Council area (by location)
- Scottish Borders
- Name in REPD
- Bishops Dal - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 16787
Who decides
As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36. Scottish Government (S36) refused 18% of 334 decided solar, wind and battery applications in REPD (median 127 weeks to a decision). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eccles Substation, Eccles | battery storage | 50 | under construction | <0.1 |
| Eccles Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 400 | under construction | 1.0 |
| Eccles II Substation | battery storage | 500 | under construction | 1.3 |
| Pittlesheugh Farm Bess, Springwells Farmhouse | battery storage | 340 | application submitted | 4.7 |
| Moneylaws Hill | wind farm | 11.2 | application withdrawn | 9.4 |
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 (55.6663, -2.3084).