Greenbank Caravan & Trailers, Hillhead Of Phingask (50 MW battery storage)
Greenbank Caravan & Trailers, Hillhead Of Phingask is a 50 MW battery storage project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 30 January 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 9 February 2023. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 30 January 2026, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 30 January 2026, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 September 2022 | Application submitted |
| 30 January 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 30 January 2026 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 9 February 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Flexion Energy UK Storage
- Planning authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Planning application reference
- APP/2022/1988
- Address (REPD)
- Adjacent To Greenbank Caravan And Trailers Hillhead Of Phingask
- Council area (by location)
- Aberdeenshire
- Time to decision
- 17 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Greenbank Caravan & Trailers, Hillhead Of Phingask - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12303
Who decides
| Applications | Aberdeenshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 200 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 64 (32%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 40 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 60 of 132 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 28 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 40.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 15 / 13 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smiddyhill, Strichen | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 1.0 |
| Boothby Road | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 1.1 |
| Fraserburgh Development | battery storage | 25 | permission expired | 1.4 |
| House O'Hill | wind farm | 5 | operational | 6.5 |
| A981 Fraserburgh | battery storage | 45 | approved, not built | 9.0 |
| Mormond Hill Windfarm | wind farm | 27.6 | refused on appeal | 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 (57.6802, -2.044).