Electricity Substation, Westerton Road (49.9 MW battery storage)
Electricity Substation, Westerton Road is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Moray, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 15 March 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 20 March 2023.
49.9 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
20 March 2023record last updated
Moraycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 13 October 2022 | Application submitted |
| 15 March 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 15 March 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 20 March 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Keith Renewables Limited
- Planning authority
- Moray
- Planning application reference
- 22/01488/APP
- Address (REPD)
- Adjacent To Electricity Substation Westerton Road
- Council area (by location)
- Moray
- Time to decision
- 22 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Electricity Substation, Westerton Road - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12467
Who decides
| Applications | Moray | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 21 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (33%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 2 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 7 of 14 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 60.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 6 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drum Farm | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.4 |
| Gibson Farm, Blackhillock | battery storage | 349 | approved, not built | 1.0 |
| Aultmore Forest - Buckie - Windfarm | wind farm | 106 | application submitted | 1.8 |
| Aultmore Forest - Buckie - Windfarm | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 1.8 |
| Blackhillock Electricity Substation | battery storage | 300 | under construction | 2.6 |
| Edintore Wind Farm | wind farm | 18 | operational | 4.2 |
| Bodinfinnoch Wind Farm | wind farm | 13.8 | refused on appeal | 4.5 |
| Cairnborrow | wind farm | 10 | operational | 8.8 |
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 (57.5409, -2.9362).