Bolfornought Farm (49.9 MW battery storage)
Bolfornought Farm is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Stirling, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 16 July 2021; the record was last updated on 16 July 2021.
49.9 MWbattery storage
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
16 July 2021record last updated
Scotlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 April 2021 | Application submitted |
| 16 July 2021 | Application withdrawn |
| 28 January 2022 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 16 July 2021
- Operator or applicant
- Intelligent Land Investments
- Planning authority
- Stirling
- Planning application reference
- 21/00293/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land 650m SW Of Bolfornought F, Stirling, Central
- Council area (by location)
- not known
- Time to decision
- 41 weeks
- REPD reference
- 8072
Who decides
| Applications | Stirling | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 23 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (30%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 7 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 6 of 11 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 30.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolfornought Farm Battery Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | <0.1 |
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 (52.3594, 2.3127).