Fife Tractors, Drum Road (12.5 MW battery storage)
Fife Tractors, Drum Road is a 12.5 MW battery storage project in Fife, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 6 October 2025; the record was last updated on 7 November 2025.
12.5 MWbattery storage
refusedstatus in REPD
7 November 2025record last updated
Fifecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 12 June 2024 | Application submitted |
| 6 October 2025 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 12.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 7 November 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Downing Renewable Developments
- Planning authority
- Fife
- Planning application reference
- 24/01082/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- 200m To The W/O Fife Tractors Limited, Drum Road, Cupar
- Council area (by location)
- Fife
- Time to decision
- 69 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Fife Tractors, Drum Road - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 16664
Who decides
| Applications | Fife | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 91 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 17 (19%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 16 of 30 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 25 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrymuir | battery storage | 49.9 | under construction | 0.8 |
| Over Rankeilour Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 29.9 | application submitted | 1.6 |
| Solar Panels & BESS | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 3.7 |
| Clatto Farm Turbines | wind farm | 6 | refused on appeal | 7.7 |
| Gathercauld | wind farm | 15.6 | refused | 8.0 |
| Devon Wood | wind farm | 12.5 | refused on appeal | 8.3 |
| Clatto | wind farm | 30 | refused | 9.1 |
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 (56.3147, -3.0376).