Coupar Angus, Pleasance Road Battery Energy Facility (49.9 MW)
Coupar Angus, Pleasance Road Battery Energy Facility is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 11 September 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 24 September 2024.
49.9 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
24 September 2024record last updated
Perth and Kinrosscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 13 March 2024 | Application submitted |
| 11 September 2024 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 24 September 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Gresham House Asset Management Limited
- Planning authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Planning application reference
- 24/00200/FLM
- Address (REPD)
- 130 Metres South East Of Coupar Angus Substation Pleasance Road
- Council area (by location)
- Perth and Kinross
- Time to decision
- 26 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Coupar Angus, Pleasance Road - Battery Energy Facility
- REPD reference
- 16137
Who decides
| Applications | Perth and Kinross | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 73 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 32 (44%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 6 of 24 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 23 of 31 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 18 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 28.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 7 / 8 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasance Road Battery Energy Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 0.5 |
| Coupar Angus Substation, Pleasance Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 0.9 |
| Stirling Battery and Solar Energy Park | solar farm | 60 | approved, not built | 1.8 |
| Mains Of Keithick Farm, Keithick Battery Storage & Solar Farm | solar farm | 20.5 | approved, not built | 1.8 |
| Hallyburton | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 2.1 |
| Mill Of Peattie Farm, Kinnochtry Coupar | battery storage | 18 | refused | 2.9 |
| Mill Of Peattie Farm, Kinnochtry Coupar Solar Farm | solar farm | 22 | refused | 3.4 |
| Milton Of Collace, Burrelton Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 6.1 |
| Milton Of Collace, Burrelton Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 6.3 |
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 (56.5421, -3.2733).