Malcolmwood Farm, Loanend Road (49.5 MW battery storage)
Malcolmwood Farm, Loanend Road is a 49.5 MW battery storage project in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 19 August 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 26 September 2025.
49.5 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
26 September 2025record last updated
South Lanarkshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 August 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 26 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Bluestone Energy
- Planning authority
- South Lanarkshire
- Planning application reference
- not recorded
- Address (REPD)
- Malcolmwood Farm, Loanend Road, Blantyre
- Council area (by location)
- South Lanarkshire
- Name in REPD
- Malcolmwood Farm, Loanend Road - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 18736
Who decides
| Applications | South Lanarkshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 89 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 30 (34%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 20 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 21 of 56 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 7 of 13 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 47.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 6 / 5 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbertfield Farm, Gilbertfield Road | battery storage | 40 | refused | 2.8 |
| Newton Farm, Westburn Road | battery storage | 40 | refused | 3.1 |
| East Rogerton Cottage, Markethill Road | battery storage | 55 | approved, not built | 3.5 |
| Highflat Battery Energy Storage | battery storage | 19.9 | application withdrawn | 5.1 |
| Blantyre Muir Wind Farm extension | wind farm | 7.5 | operational | 5.9 |
| Blantyre Muir Wind Farm | wind farm | 9 | operational | 5.9 |
| Cornhills Farm, Muttonhole Road | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 6.1 |
| Langlands Gate, East Kilbride | battery storage | 30 | refused | 7.2 |
| Kelvin South Business Park, Hurlawcrook Road | battery storage | 20 | application withdrawn | 7.3 |
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 (55.7928, -4.1135).