Duddingston Solar Farm and Battery Storage (29.9 MW)
Duddingston Solar Farm and Battery Storage is a 29.9 MW solar farm project in West Lothian, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 3 April 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 8 April 2024.
29.9 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
8 April 2024record last updated
West Lothiancouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 January 2024 | Application submitted |
| 3 April 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 3 April 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 29.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 8 April 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Aithrie Net Zero Solar Limited
- Planning authority
- West Lothian
- Planning application reference
- 1016/FUL/23
- Site area
- 45.5 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Duddingston, Newton, South Queensferry
- Council area (by location)
- West Lothian
- Time to decision
- 12 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR6
- REPD reference
- 11382
The scheme also includes 20 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinlaymire Farm Solar farm, Battery storage | solar farm | 29.9 | approved, not built | 4.5 |
| Babcock Marine Bldg, Wood Road | solar farm | 5.6 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| Main Terminal 1 Edinburgh Airport Solar Farm | solar farm | 9 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| STOR Field 9 | battery storage | 37 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Learielaw Farm, Learielaw | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
| Broxburn | battery storage | 20 | operational | 7.4 |
| South Pargillis | battery storage | 42 | approved, not built | 8.1 |
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 (55.9858, -3.4432).