Hillcrest Cottage, Shebster (19.9 MW battery storage)
Hillcrest Cottage, Shebster is a 19.9 MW battery storage project in Highland, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 22 August 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 29 September 2022. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 22 August 2025, 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 22 August 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 December 2021 | Application submitted |
| 22 August 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 22 August 2025 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 19.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 29 September 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Statkraft UK Limited
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning application reference
- 21/05467/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- 475M NW/O Hillcrest Cottage, Shebster
- Council area (by location)
- Highland
- Time to decision
- 35 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Hillcrest Cottage, Shebster - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 10226
Who decides
| Applications | Highland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 160 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 68 (42%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 15 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 61 of 114 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 7 of 31 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 52.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 20 / 20 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baillie Wind Farm | wind farm | 52.5 | operational | 0.6 |
| South Shebster | wind farm | 10 | refused | 2.4 |
| Titan Battery Storage | battery storage | 500 | application submitted | 3.7 |
| Dounreay Windfarm | wind farm | 17.5 | refused on appeal | 3.8 |
| Dounreay, Thurso | battery storage | 34 | under construction | 4.1 |
| Limekiln Wind Farm (Extension) | wind farm | 21 | operational | 4.3 |
| Limekiln Wind Farm (Extension) Battery | battery storage | 5 | operational | 4.3 |
| Forss Wind Farm (Extension) | wind farm | 5.2 | operational | 4.4 |
| Forss Extension (Forss III) | wind farm | 6.5 | refused on appeal | 4.6 |
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 (58.5628, -3.6804).