Elvanfoot, Leadhills Road - Phase 3 - BESS (25 MW)
Elvanfoot, Leadhills Road - Phase 3 - BESS is a 25 MW battery storage project in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 26 March 2026, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 17 April 2026.
25 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
17 April 2026record last updated
South Lanarkshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 26 March 2026 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 25 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 17 April 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Elvanfoot Energy Storage 3 Limited.
- Planning authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Planning application reference
- P/26/0324
- Address (REPD)
- 290m Nw/O 3 Leadhills Road, Elvanfoot, Biggar
- Council area (by location)
- South Lanarkshire
- REPD reference
- 19839
Who decides
| Applications | South Lanarkshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 89 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 30 (34%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 20 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 21 of 56 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 7 of 13 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 47.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 6 / 5 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leadhills Road, Elvanfoot Phase 2 | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 0.1 |
| Elvanfoot, Leadhills Road | battery storage | 9.8 | approved, not built | 0.1 |
| Crookedstane Farm | wind farm | 11.4 | permission expired | 2.8 |
| Harryburn Wind Farm | wind farm | 67 | refused on appeal | 3.6 |
| Lion Hill Wind Farm (Crookedstane Farm 2) | wind farm | 11.4 | permission expired | 7.6 |
| Clyde Wind Farm | wind farm | 350 | operational | 7.6 |
| Priestgill Wind Farm | wind farm | 46.2 | under construction | 8.1 |
| Leadhills Wind Farm | wind farm | 49 | refused | 8.2 |
| Wind farm at Rivox Wind Farm Lowther Hills West Of Moffat | wind farm | 208 | application submitted | 8.6 |
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 (55.4389, -3.6636).