Land To The East Of Wholeflats Road (Grangemouth) (20 MW battery storage)
Land To The East Of Wholeflats Road (Grangemouth) is a 20 MW battery storage project in Falkirk, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 17 July 2021; the record was last updated on 12 August 2020.
20 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
12 August 2020record last updated
Falkirkcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 April 2018 | Application submitted |
| 17 July 2021 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 12 August 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Enstor (formerly CJ Energy)
- Planning authority
- Falkirk
- Planning application reference
- P/18/0201/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Unit 2, Land To The East Of, Wholeflats Road, Grangemouth, Central
- Council area (by location)
- Falkirk
- REPD reference
- 7043
Who decides
| Applications | Falkirk | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 19 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 8 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 5 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 8.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street | battery storage | 43 | under construction | 5.2 |
| Kincardine Grid Services Complex Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 8.2 |
| Kincardine Battery Storage | battery storage | 342 | approved, not built | 9.0 |
| Land adjacent Bonnybridge Substation | battery storage | 19.9 | abandoned | 9.7 |
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 (56.0005, -3.7017).