Fraserburgh Road - Kirkton Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility (50 MW)
Fraserburgh Road - Kirkton Solar PV Farm & Energy Storage Facility is a 50 MW solar farm project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 22 December 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 8 March 2023. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 February 2021 | Application submitted |
| 22 December 2022 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
| 22 December 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 8 March 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Elgin Energy Es Co Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00003226
- Site area
- 112.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- E/O A90 Peterhead to Fraserburgh Road, Se/O St Fergus Village, Peterhead
- Council area (by location)
- Aberdeenshire
- Time to decision
- 97 weeks
- REPD reference
- 12822
The scheme also includes 20 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36. Scottish Government (S36) refused 18% of 334 decided solar, wind and battery applications in REPD (median 127 weeks to a decision). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Fergus Renewable Energy Park | solar farm | 5 | under construction | 0.6 |
| Salamander Offshore Wind Farm Battery Storage and Onshore Connection | battery storage | 180 | approved, not built | 3.1 |
| South of Greenwellheads | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 3.9 |
| Land at Overside and Greenwellheads Farms | wind farm | 9.2 | operational | 4.2 |
| St Fergus Moss Wind Farm | wind farm | 6 | operational | 4.3 |
| Greenside Extension | wind farm | 7 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| Bilbo Solar Farm Energy Storage | battery storage | 40 | under construction | 5.1 |
| Bilbo Solar Farm | solar farm | 36.6 | under construction | 5.3 |
| Frodo Solar and Battery Energy Development | solar farm | 60.1 | approved, not built | 6.3 |
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 (57.5599, -1.8424).