Farm at Lower Polmaise (5 MW solar farm)
Farm at Lower Polmaise is a 5 MW solar farm project in Stirling, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 8 October 2018; the record was last updated on 23 October 2019.
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permission expiredstatus in REPD
23 October 2019record last updated
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Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Application submitted |
| 8 October 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 8 October 2018 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 23 October 2019
- Operator or applicant
- Stirling Council
- Planning authority
- Stirling
- Planning application reference
- 15/00492/FUL
- Site area
- 19.8 ha
- Address (REPD)
- 485M South East of, Lower Polmaise Refuse Handling, Fallin, Stirling, Central, Scotland
- Council area (by location)
- Stirling
- Time to decision
- 5 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5911
Who decides
| Applications | Stirling | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 23 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (30%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 7 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 6 of 11 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 30.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Powis | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 2.1 |
| Unit 15, Borrowmeadow Road | battery storage | 19 | abandoned | 2.3 |
| Shelloch Wind Farm | wind farm | 24 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
| Easter Cringate Cottage, Polmaise Road | wind farm | 30 | application submitted | 3.7 |
| Earlsburn Wind Farm Extension | wind farm | 34 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| Devilla Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 500 | under construction | 6.0 |
| Forthbank | wind farm | 5 | refused | 6.5 |
| Windburn Wind Farm | wind farm | 65 | application submitted | 6.7 |
| Bankhead Farm | battery storage | 25 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
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 (56.1169, -3.8763).