Montreathmont Moor Forest Solar Farm & Battery Storage (42 MW)
Montreathmont Moor Forest Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a 42 MW solar farm project in Angus, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 16 December 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 7 April 2022. REPD records the planning permission as expiring on 16 December 2025, but the project holds a Contracts for Difference award (AR6), so construction may have started. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD records the planning permission as expiring on 16 December 2025, but the project holds a Contracts for Difference award (AR6), so construction may have started.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 July 2022 | Application submitted |
| 16 December 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 16 December 2025 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 42 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 7 April 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Renewable Connections Developments Limited
- Planning authority
- Angus
- Planning application reference
- 22/00460/FULM
- Site area
- 35.6 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Montreathmont Moor Forest Montreathmont
- Council area (by location)
- Angus
- Time to decision
- 23 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR6
- Name in REPD
- Montreathmont Moor Forest - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 10963
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Angus | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 72 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 21 (29%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 18 of 19 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 17 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreathmont Moor | wind farm | 38 | refused on appeal | 1.1 |
| Pressock Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.7 |
| Kinnell Farm, Kinnell Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 4.0 |
| West Mains of Kinblethmont | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.7 |
| Mount Boy | wind farm | 6 | refused on appeal | 7.7 |
| Arrats Mill, Arrat | solar farm | 18.5 | approved, not built | 8.1 |
| Parkhill Farm, Letham Grange Solar Farm | solar farm | 18 | approved, not built | 8.3 |
| Parkhill Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.0 |
| Field 730M West Of Queen Street | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 9.0 |
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 (56.6658, -2.68).