Fairways Business Park (50 MW battery storage)
Fairways Business Park is a 50 MW battery storage project in Highland, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 11 April 2024; the record was last updated on 26 April 2024.
50 MWbattery storage
refusedstatus in REPD
26 April 2024record last updated
Highlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 17 February 2023 | Application submitted |
| 11 April 2024 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 26 April 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning application reference
- 23/00497/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Fairways Business Park
- Council area (by location)
- Highland
- Time to decision
- 60 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Fairways Business Park - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 13318
Who decides
| Applications | Highland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 160 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 68 (42%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 15 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 61 of 114 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 7 of 31 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 52.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 20 / 20 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knocknagael, Essich | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 2.8 |
| Wind Farm at 4.2 km west of Aviemore and 25 km south west of Inverness | wind farm | 133 | application submitted | 3.7 |
| Highland Wind Farm | battery storage | 30 | application submitted | 3.7 |
| Longman Landfill, Stadium Road | solar farm | 9.9 | application submitted | 4.8 |
| Carr Ban Wind Farm | wind farm | 23.8 | application withdrawn | 6.4 |
| Corriegarth 2 | wind farm | 67.2 | approved, not built | 7.5 |
| Daviot Wind Farm | wind farm | 32.5 | refused on appeal | 8.2 |
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 (57.4525, -4.2123).