Loanhead Farm (49.9 MW battery storage)
Loanhead Farm is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Moray, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 26 May 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 27 June 2025.
49.9 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
27 June 2025record last updated
Moraycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 26 May 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 27 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- OPDE UK Limted
- Planning authority
- Moray
- Planning application reference
- 25/00469/APP
- Address (REPD)
- Loanhead Farm, Elgin
- Council area (by location)
- Moray
- Name in REPD
- Loanhead Farm - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 16619
Who decides
| Applications | Moray | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 21 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (33%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 2 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 7 of 14 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 60.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 6 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopmill | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 3.9 |
| Hill of Towie (Drummuir) | wind farm | 48 | operational | 5.1 |
| Hill of Towie II Wind Farm | wind farm | 48 | permission expired | 5.1 |
| RAF Lossiemouth | solar farm | 5 | application submitted | 6.4 |
| Milltown Airfield (Speyslaw) | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 8.4 |
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 (57.6653, -3.3756).