Locarno Works, Brown Street (39.9 MW battery storage)
Locarno Works, Brown Street is a 39.9 MW battery storage project in Dundee City, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 19 June 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 8 July 2024.
39.9 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
8 July 2024record last updated
Dundee Citycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 December 2023 | Application submitted |
| 19 June 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 19 June 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 39.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 8 July 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Torridon Developments Limited
- Planning authority
- Dundee City
- Planning application reference
- 23/00862/FULM
- Address (REPD)
- Locarno Works Brown Street
- Council area (by location)
- Dundee City
- Time to decision
- 26 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Locarno Works, Brown Street - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 14232
Who decides
| Applications | Dundee City | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 12 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 6 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunsinane Industrial Estate | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 2.9 |
| Grange Of Berryhill Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.1 |
| New Craigie Retail Park | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 3.2 |
| Pitkerro Road | battery storage | 49.9 | refused | 4.0 |
| Dundee Technology Park | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 4.7 |
| Pyotdykes Farm, Stoneygroves, Liff Solar Farm | solar farm | 28 | approved, not built | 5.8 |
| Templeton Farm, Templeton | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 6.1 |
| Tealing Airfield PV | solar farm | 31 | permission expired | 6.4 |
| Land To The West Of Kirkton Barns Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 6.5 |
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 (56.4622, -2.979).