Breezy Hill, North Kyle Forest Estate (40 MW battery storage)
Breezy Hill, North Kyle Forest Estate is a 40 MW battery storage project in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 8 May 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 14 July 2025.
40 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
14 July 2025record last updated
East Ayrshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 8 May 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 14 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Brockwell Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- East Ayrshire
- Planning application reference
- ECU00005060
- Address (REPD)
- The North Kyle Forest Estate, Approximately 4.5km N/O Dalmellington, Ayr
- Council area (by location)
- East Ayrshire
- Name in REPD
- Breezy Hill, North Kyle Forest Estate - BESS
- REPD reference
- 16796
Who decides
| Applications | East Ayrshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 36 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 17 (47%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 6 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 17 of 25 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 95.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 11 / 4 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breezy Hill, North Kyle Forest Estate | wind farm | 100 | application submitted | <0.1 |
| South Kyle Wind Farm 2 | wind farm | 92.4 | application submitted | 0.6 |
| Enoch Hill, Dalmellington | battery storage | 11 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Enoch Hill 2 Windfarm | wind farm | 10 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Burnhead Wind Farm | wind farm | 18.4 | refused on appeal | 3.0 |
| Chalmerston | wind farm | 50 | application withdrawn | 3.6 |
| North Kyle Energy Project | wind farm | 206 | under construction | 4.3 |
| Dersalloch Battery Storage Facility | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 4.5 |
| Knockkippen Wind, Solar & Battery Farm | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
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 (55.3238, -4.4061).