Carseview Road (49.9 MW battery storage)
Carseview Road is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Angus, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 11 June 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 15 July 2025.
49.9 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
15 July 2025record last updated
Anguscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 6 January 2025 | Application submitted |
| 11 June 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 11 June 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 15 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Unknown
- Planning authority
- Angus
- Planning application reference
- 24/00765/FULM
- Address (REPD)
- Former Gasworks, Carseview Road, Forfar
- Council area (by location)
- Angus
- Time to decision
- 22 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Carseview Road - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 15494
Who decides
| Applications | Angus | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 72 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 21 (29%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 18 of 19 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 17 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suttieside Farm, Suttieside Road Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 31 | approved, not built | 0.7 |
| Whitehills Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | under construction | 0.8 |
| Newfordpark House, Glamis Road | rooftop solar | 6.7 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Orchardbank Industrial Estate | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 2.4 |
| Craignathro Farm | solar farm | 6.5 | approved, not built | 2.7 |
| Dragonhall Farm, Padanaram | solar farm | 5 | under construction | 3.4 |
| Carsebank Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 3.6 |
| Finavon Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.9 | refused on appeal | 4.5 |
| Land East of Sandyford | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 4.6 |
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 (56.6527, -2.8833).