Craigluscar, Craigluscar Road Solar Array & Battery Storage (40 MW)
Craigluscar, Craigluscar Road Solar Array & Battery Storage is a 40 MW solar farm project in Fife, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 3 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 25 July 2025.
40 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
25 July 2025record last updated
Fifecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 September 2024 | Application submitted |
| 3 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 3 July 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 25 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Locogen Consulting Limited
- Planning authority
- Fife
- Planning application reference
- 24/02548/FULL
- Site area
- 89.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Craigluscar Craigluscar Road Milesmark
- Council area (by location)
- Fife
- Time to decision
- 39 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Craigluscar, Craigluscar Road - Solar Array & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 13321
The scheme also includes 9.9 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Fife | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 91 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 17 (19%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 16 of 30 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 25 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunfermline North Solar Photovoltaic Array/Battery storage | solar farm | 29.9 | under construction | 2.4 |
| Nettly Burn Renewable Energy Park | solar farm | 80 | approved, not built | 3.8 |
| Outh Muir Wind Farm | wind farm | 12.5 | refused on appeal | 4.5 |
| Blairadam Wind Farm | wind farm | 22.6 | refused | 4.9 |
| Kingdom of Fife Community Wind Park | wind farm | 12 | refused | 6.7 |
| Muirmealing Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 7.1 |
| West Grange Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 8.2 |
| Babcock Marine Bldg, Wood Road | solar farm | 5.6 | approved, not built | 8.5 |
| Easter Muirhead Farm | wind farm | 15 | refused | 8.7 |
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 (56.097, -3.5035).