Killin Switching Station, Boreland - Boreland Energy Storage Park (43 MW)
Killin Switching Station, Boreland - Boreland Energy Storage Park is a 43 MW battery storage project in Stirling, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 8 September 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 7 October 2025.
43 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
7 October 2025record last updated
Stirlingcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 April 2025 | Application submitted |
| 8 September 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 8 September 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 43 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 7 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Boreland Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Stirling
- Planning application reference
- 25/00246/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- E/O Killin Switching Station, Boreland, Glen Lochay, Killin
- Council area (by location)
- Stirling
- Time to decision
- 19 weeks
- REPD reference
- 12598
Who decides
| Applications | Stirling | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 23 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (30%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 7 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 6 of 11 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 30.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tir Artair | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.1 |
| Acharn Forest | battery storage | 9.9 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
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 (56.4772, -4.3314).