Inchbean Farm, Treeswoodhead Road (60 MW battery storage)
Inchbean Farm, Treeswoodhead Road is a 60 MW battery storage project in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 19 June 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 1 July 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 November 2023 | Application submitted |
| 19 June 2025 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
| 19 June 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 60 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 1 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- RNA Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00004968
- Address (REPD)
- Inchbean Farm, Treeswoodhead Road, Shortlees, Kilmarnock
- Council area (by location)
- East Ayrshire
- Time to decision
- 84 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Inchbean Farm, Treeswoodhead Road - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 13323
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 | 1.2 |
| Kilmarnock Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 2.7 |
| Camsiscan Farm, Craigie | battery storage | 350 | approved, not built | 2.7 |
| Holmquarry Road | battery storage | 60.4 | approved, not built | 3.3 |
| Olympic Business Park, Dundonald - 2 Wind Turbines | wind farm | 8.5 | refused | 8.1 |
| Glaxosmithkline Shewalton Road | solar farm | 19.9 | under construction | 9.7 |
| Sneddon Law Community Wind Farm | wind farm | 45 | under construction | 9.7 |
| Cowans Law | wind farm | 49.9 | refused | 9.7 |
| Alton Muirhouse Farm | wind farm | 6.8 | refused on appeal | 9.8 |
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 (55.5709, -4.481).