Leyden Road (40 MW solar farm)
Leyden Road is a 40 MW solar farm project in West Lothian, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 22 December 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 16 January 2026.
40 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
16 January 2026record last updated
West Lothiancouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 December 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 16 January 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Trio Power Limited
- Planning authority
- West Lothian
- Planning application reference
- 0998/FUL/25
- Site area
- 76.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- S/O Leyden Road, Kirknewton
- Council area (by location)
- West Lothian
- Name in REPD
- Leyden Road - Solar Array
- REPD reference
- 19085
The scheme also includes 9 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | West Lothian | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 41 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (12%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 17 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 15 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selms Muir Solar Farm | solar farm | 18 | approved, not built | 1.0 |
| Drumshoreland Road Battery Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
| Drumcross Battery Storage | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| Broxburn | battery storage | 20 | operational | 5.2 |
| Learielaw Farm, Learielaw | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 5.9 |
| Camilty Plantation Wind Farm | wind farm | 25.8 | approved, not built | 7.5 |
| Fauch Hill | wind farm | 48 | refused on appeal | 8.6 |
| Riccarton Mains Road | battery storage | 150 | application submitted | 8.7 |
| Fauch Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 69 | refused | 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 (55.8733, -3.4399).