Land North of Thornton Road (19.9 MW battery storage)
Land North of Thornton Road is a 19.9 MW battery storage project in Fife, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 10 February 2016, not yet built; the record was last updated on 29 April 2020. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 10 February 2019, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 10 February 2019, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 3 November 2015 | Application submitted |
| 10 February 2016 | Planning permission granted |
| 10 February 2019 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 19.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 29 April 2020
- Operator or applicant
- South Redhouse
- Planning authority
- Fife
- Planning application reference
- 15/04010/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- Land North of, Thornton Road, Redhouse Grid Substation, Kirkcaldy, Fife
- Council area (by location)
- Fife
- Time to decision
- 14 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7131
Recorded together with Middle Balbeggie (5 MW solar farm, operational).
Who decides
| Applications | Fife | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 91 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 17 (19%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 16 of 30 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 25 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wester Balbeggie Farm, Balbeggie Avenue | battery storage | 49 | approved, not built | 1.2 |
| Land North of Balbeggie Avenue | solar farm | 12 | approved, not built | 1.2 |
| Middle Balbeggie Wind Turbines | wind farm | 6.4 | operational | 1.6 |
| West Strathore Solar Limited | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.1 |
| Wemyss Estate - Randolph Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 2.3 |
| Earlseat | wind farm | 18.4 | operational | 4.9 |
| Little Raith Farm - extension | wind farm | 18 | refused on appeal | 7.4 |
| Little Raith Farm | wind farm | 25 | operational | 7.4 |
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 (56.1461, -3.1427).