Elvanfoot, Leadhills Road (9.8 MW battery storage)
Elvanfoot, Leadhills Road is a 9.8 MW battery storage project in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 10 February 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 10 March 2025.
9.8 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
10 March 2025record last updated
South Lanarkshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 16 August 2023 | Application submitted |
| 10 February 2025 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 9.8 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 10 March 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Muirhall Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Planning application reference
- P/23/0927
- Address (REPD)
- 335M West Of 52 Dumfries Road Leadhills Road Elvanfoot
- Council area (by location)
- South Lanarkshire
- Time to decision
- 78 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Elvanfoot, Leadhills Road - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12900
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvanfoot, Leadhills Road - Phase 3 - BESS | battery storage | 25 | application submitted | 0.1 |
| Leadhills Road, Elvanfoot Phase 2 | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 0.2 |
| Crookedstane Farm | wind farm | 11.4 | permission expired | 2.7 |
| Harryburn Wind Farm | wind farm | 67 | refused on appeal | 3.7 |
| Clyde Wind Farm | wind farm | 350 | operational | 7.5 |
| Lion Hill Wind Farm (Crookedstane Farm 2) | wind farm | 11.4 | permission expired | 7.6 |
| Priestgill Wind Farm | wind farm | 46.2 | under construction | 8.1 |
| Leadhills Wind Farm | wind farm | 49 | refused | 8.3 |
| Wind farm at Rivox Wind Farm Lowther Hills West Of Moffat | wind farm | 208 | application submitted | 8.7 |
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 (55.4388, -3.6614).