Braidfield Road, Hardgate (100 MW battery storage)
Braidfield Road, Hardgate is a 100 MW battery storage project in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 13 December 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 14 February 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 13 December 2024 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 14 February 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Intelligent Land Investments Group Plc
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00006053
- Address (REPD)
- Braidfield Road, Hardgate, Clydebank
- Council area (by location)
- West Dunbartonshire
- Name in REPD
- Braidfield Road, Hardgate - Battery Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 11853
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehall Battery Storage | battery storage | 560 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Windyhill Battery Storage Facility | battery storage | 200 | under construction | 2.3 |
| Vale of Leven Wind Farm | wind farm | 70 | application submitted | 3.1 |
| Land off Shilton Lane | battery storage | 19 | abandoned | 4.6 |
| Kilpatrick Hills | wind farm | 60 | application withdrawn | 4.9 |
| Barnwell, Wright Street | battery storage | 49.9 | refused | 5.9 |
| Land SW of Shilton Cottage | battery storage | 29.9 | operational | 6.1 |
| East Fulwood Greenock Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 14.3 | approved, not built | 6.2 |
| East Fulwood Energy Storage | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 6.2 |
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 (55.9191, -4.4038).