Holmquarry Road (60.4 MW battery storage)
Holmquarry Road is a 60.4 MW battery storage project in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 22 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 13 October 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 March 2024 | Application submitted |
| 22 July 2025 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
| 22 July 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 60.4 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 13 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Big Battery (Holmquarry Road) Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00004539
- Address (REPD)
- Holmquarry Road
- Council area (by location)
- East Ayrshire
- Time to decision
- 72 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Holmquarry Road - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 11581
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmarnock South Substation | battery storage | 300 | operational | 3.1 |
| Inchbean Farm, Treeswoodhead Road | battery storage | 60 | approved, not built | 3.3 |
| Kilmarnock Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
| Camsiscan Farm, Craigie | battery storage | 350 | approved, not built | 5.9 |
| Olympic Business Park, Dundonald - 2 Wind Turbines | wind farm | 8.5 | refused | 6.6 |
| Glaxosmithkline Shewalton Road | solar farm | 19.9 | under construction | 8.0 |
| GlaxoSmithKline Wind Project | wind farm | 7.5 | operational | 8.3 |
| Sneddon Law Community Wind Farm | wind farm | 45 | under construction | 8.4 |
| Cowans Law | wind farm | 49.9 | refused | 8.4 |
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 (55.5983, -4.5016).