Glenside Farm (400 MW battery storage)
Glenside Farm is a 400 MW battery storage project in Stirling, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 25 February 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 10 March 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 9 February 2024 | Application submitted |
| 25 February 2025 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
| 25 February 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 400 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 10 March 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Apatura
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00005047
- Address (REPD)
- Glenside Farm, Plean
- Council area (by location)
- Stirling
- Time to decision
- 55 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Glenside Farm - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 14988
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tod Hill Farm Wind Turbines | wind farm | 12 | operational | 2.4 |
| Land adjacent Bonnybridge Substation | battery storage | 19.9 | abandoned | 4.9 |
| Rullie Community Windfarm | wind farm | 25 | application withdrawn | 5.1 |
| Shelloch Wind Farm | wind farm | 24 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
| Earlsburn Wind Farm Extension | wind farm | 34 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Farm at Lower Polmaise | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 7.3 |
| Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street | battery storage | 43 | under construction | 7.4 |
| Unit 15, Borrowmeadow Road | battery storage | 19 | abandoned | 7.6 |
| Easter Cringate Cottage, Polmaise Road | wind farm | 30 | application submitted | 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 (56.0516, -3.8805).