Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street (43 MW battery storage)
Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street is a 43 MW battery storage project in Falkirk, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: under construction since 1 November 2025; the record was last updated on 2 December 2025.
43 MWbattery storage
under constructionstatus in REPD
2 December 2025record last updated
Falkirkcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 February 2023 | Application submitted |
| 23 June 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 November 2025 | Construction started |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 43 MW
- Status (REPD)
- under construction
- Record last updated
- 2 December 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Falkirk Power Limited
- Planning authority
- Falkirk
- Planning application reference
- P/23/0046/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- The South East Of Merchiston Industrial Estate Smith Street
- Council area (by location)
- Falkirk
- Time to decision
- 19 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Merchiston Industrial Estate, Smith Street - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 13225
Who decides
| Applications | Falkirk | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 19 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 8 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 5 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 8.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land adjacent Bonnybridge Substation | battery storage | 19.9 | abandoned | 4.7 |
| Land To The East Of Wholeflats Road (Grangemouth) | battery storage | 20 | permission expired | 5.2 |
| Tod Hill Farm Wind Turbines | wind farm | 12 | operational | 5.4 |
| Glenside Farm | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 7.4 |
| Kincardine Grid Services Complex Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 7.5 |
| Kincardine Battery Storage | battery storage | 342 | approved, not built | 7.9 |
| Forthbank | wind farm | 5 | refused | 9.4 |
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 (56.0137, -3.7823).