Land East of Sandyford (5 MW solar farm)
Land East of Sandyford is a 5 MW solar farm project in Angus, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 30 September 2018; the record was last updated on 27 May 2020.
5 MWsolar farm
permission expiredstatus in REPD
27 May 2020record last updated
Anguscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 26 June 2015 | Application submitted |
| 30 September 2015 | Planning permission granted |
| 30 September 2018 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 27 May 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Selettra Holding
- Planning authority
- Angus
- Planning application reference
- 15/00603/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- Field 775M East Of, Sandyford Farm, Sandyford, Kirriemuir, Tayside
- Council area (by location)
- Angus
- Time to decision
- 14 weeks
- REPD reference
- 5464
Who decides
| Applications | Angus | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 72 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 21 (29%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 18 of 19 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 17 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragonhall Farm, Padanaram | solar farm | 5 | under construction | 2.6 |
| Carseview Road | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
| Orchardbank Industrial Estate | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 4.6 |
| Newfordpark House, Glamis Road | rooftop solar | 6.7 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| Suttieside Farm, Suttieside Road Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 31 | approved, not built | 4.8 |
| Whitehills Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | under construction | 5.2 |
| Solar Farm at Cossans Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 5.2 |
| Cossans Solar Farm -ESS | battery storage | 35 | application submitted | 5.2 |
| Carsebank Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 5.9 |
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 (56.677, -2.9433).