Dunsinane Industrial Estate (49.9 MW battery storage)
Dunsinane Industrial Estate is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Dundee City, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 3 May 2023; the record was last updated on 16 May 2023.
49.9 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
16 May 2023record last updated
Dundee Citycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 2 December 2019 | Application submitted |
| 18 February 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 3 May 2023 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 16 May 2023
- Operator or applicant
- JLEN Environmental Assets Group
- Planning authority
- Dundee City
- Planning application reference
- 19/00876/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- Land To The W/O Kinnoull Stree, Dunsinane Avenue, Dunsinane Industrial Estate, Dundee, Tayside
- Council area (by location)
- Dundee City
- Time to decision
- 116 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7591
Who decides
| Applications | Dundee City | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 12 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 6 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grange Of Berryhill Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.5 |
| Dundee Technology Park | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 2.7 |
| Locarno Works, Brown Street | battery storage | 39.9 | approved, not built | 2.9 |
| Pyotdykes Farm, Stoneygroves, Liff Solar Farm | solar farm | 28 | approved, not built | 3.1 |
| Templeton Farm, Templeton | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.3 |
| New Craigie Retail Park | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
| Tealing Airfield PV | solar farm | 31 | permission expired | 5.1 |
| Pitkerro Road | battery storage | 49.9 | refused | 5.3 |
| Dormitories Star Inn Farm, Mains Of Fowlis | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
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 (56.4803, -3.0124).