Lythmore House, Technology Park Forss (49.9 MW battery storage)
Lythmore House, Technology Park Forss is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Highland, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 13 August 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 10 September 2025.
49.9 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
10 September 2025record last updated
Highlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 13 November 2024 | Application submitted |
| 13 August 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 13 August 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 10 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Forss Energy Storage Limited
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning application reference
- 24/04585/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- 190m W/O Lythmore House, South Wing 21 Forss Business & Technology Park Forss, Forss, Thurso
- Council area (by location)
- Highland
- Time to decision
- 39 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Lythmore House, Technology Park Forss - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 17703
Who decides
| Applications | Highland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 160 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 68 (42%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 15 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 61 of 114 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 7 of 31 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 52.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 20 / 20 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forss Extension (Forss III) | wind farm | 6.5 | refused on appeal | 0.1 |
| Forss Wind Farm (Extension) | wind farm | 5.2 | operational | 0.3 |
| Cairnmore Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 21 | refused | 3.3 |
| Baillie Wind Farm | wind farm | 52.5 | operational | 4.2 |
| Hillcrest Cottage, Shebster | battery storage | 19.9 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| Dounreay Windfarm | wind farm | 17.5 | refused on appeal | 4.8 |
| Dounreay, Thurso | battery storage | 34 | under construction | 5.6 |
| Titan Battery Storage | battery storage | 500 | application submitted | 6.1 |
| Limekiln, Borlum House | battery storage | 70 | application submitted | 7.0 |
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 (58.6052, -3.6857).