Ladyfield Renewable Energy Park (41.4 MW)
Ladyfield Renewable Energy Park is a 41.4 MW battery storage project in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 2 May 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 13 May 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 18 January 2024 | Application submitted |
| 2 May 2025 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 41.4 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 13 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Ridge Clean Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00003291
- Address (REPD)
- Ladyfield Wind Farm, Inveraray
- Council area (by location)
- Argyll and Bute
- Time to decision
- 67 weeks
- REPD reference
- 15785
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladyfield Renewable Energy Park | wind farm | 58.5 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Blarghour Wind Farm | wind farm | 84 | approved, not built | 5.7 |
| Upper Sonachan Wind Farm | wind farm | 64.6 | refused on appeal | 6.5 |
| Clachan Flats Wind Farm | wind farm | 15 | operational | 8.5 |
| Ardchonnel Wind Farm | wind farm | 45 | 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 (56.2816, -5.0808).