Dougliehill Water Treatment Works, Dougliehill Road (49 MW battery storage)
Dougliehill Water Treatment Works, Dougliehill Road is a 49 MW battery storage project in Inverclyde, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 6 August 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 21 November 2025.
49 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
21 November 2025record last updated
Inverclydecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 February 2025 | Application submitted |
| 6 August 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 6 August 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 21 November 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Bluestone Energy
- Planning authority
- Inverclyde
- Planning application reference
- 25/0033/IC
- Address (REPD)
- Former Dougliehill Water Treatment Works, Dougliehill Road, Port Glasgow
- Council area (by location)
- Inverclyde
- Time to decision
- 23 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Dougliehill Water Treatment Works, Dougliehill Road - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 18293
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dougliehill Water Treatment Works, Dougliehill Road 24/0053/IC | 49 | 26 March 2024 | withdrawn 27 September 2024 |
Who decides
| Applications | Inverclyde | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 10 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (20%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 6 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 12.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knockair, Dougliehill Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 25 | application submitted | 1.0 |
| Knockair, Dougliehill Road | battery storage | 24 | application submitted | 1.0 |
| Inverclyde Wind Farm (Corlic Hill) | wind farm | 24 | operational | 1.9 |
| Auchentiber Road | battery storage | 700 | approved, not built | 2.0 |
| Greenock Wind Farm | wind farm | 55 | refused on appeal | 4.9 |
| Flatterton Farm, Flatterton Road | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 8.7 |
| Waterhead Moor | wind farm | 72.5 | application withdrawn | 9.3 |
| Aggreko, Stirling Road | rooftop solar | 8.8 | application submitted | 9.3 |
| Leapmoor Forest | wind farm | 30 | application withdrawn | 9.9 |
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 (55.9243, -4.7006).