Drumshoreland Road Battery Storage Facility (49.9 MW)
Drumshoreland Road Battery Storage Facility is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in West Lothian, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 7 July 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 15 August 2022. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 7 July 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 7 July 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 April 2022 | Application submitted |
| 7 July 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 7 July 2025 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 15 August 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Sirius Renewables
- Planning authority
- West Lothian
- Planning application reference
- 0255/FUL/22
- Address (REPD)
- Site At Drumshoreland Road Pumpherston
- Council area (by location)
- West Lothian
- Time to decision
- 14 weeks
- REPD reference
- 8920
Who decides
| Applications | West Lothian | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 41 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (12%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 17 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 15 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drumcross Battery Storage | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Selms Muir Solar Farm | solar farm | 18 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Broxburn | battery storage | 20 | operational | 3.4 |
| Leyden Road | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 3.4 |
| Learielaw Farm, Learielaw | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 3.9 |
| Trinlaymire Farm Solar farm, Battery storage | solar farm | 29.9 | approved, not built | 8.2 |
| Camilty Plantation Wind Farm | wind farm | 25.8 | approved, not built | 8.5 |
| Pearie Law 2 | wind farm | 14.4 | approved, not built | 9.4 |
| Pearie Law Wind Farm | wind farm | 19.2 | operational | 9.5 |
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 (55.8928, -3.4813).