Lagrae Battery Energy Storage System (400 MW)
Lagrae Battery Energy Storage System is a 400 MW battery storage project in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 11 August 2025, no decision recorded; 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 |
|---|---|
| 11 August 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 400 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 13 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Buccleuch Estates Limited
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00004991
- Address (REPD)
- Queensberry Estate, off Lagrae Road, N/O A76, Kirkconnel village
- Council area (by location)
- Dumfries and Galloway
- REPD reference
- 15529
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Turbines at Former Glenmuckloch Surface Coal Mine North Of Kirkconnel | wind farm | 33.6 | application submitted | 1.1 |
| Glenmuckloch Wind Farm | wind farm | 33.6 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Lethans Wind Farm | wind farm | 106 | approved, not built | 3.3 |
| Sandy Knowe Wind Farm | wind farm | 81.6 | operational | 3.7 |
| Spango Community Wind Farm | wind farm | 49 | refused | 4.9 |
| Lethans Wind Farm Extension | wind farm | 66 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
| Whiteside Hill | wind farm | 25.3 | operational | 5.3 |
| Spango Community Wind Farm | wind farm | 49 | application withdrawn | 6.1 |
| Sanquhar Community Windfarm | wind farm | 32.4 | operational | 6.7 |
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 (55.4044, -4.0387).