New Craigie Retail Park (50 MW battery storage)
New Craigie Retail Park is a 50 MW battery storage project in Dundee City, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 22 May 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 31 May 2024.
50 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
31 May 2024record last updated
Dundee Citycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 February 2024 | Application submitted |
| 22 May 2024 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 31 May 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Whirlwind Renewables
- Planning authority
- Dundee City
- Planning application reference
- 24/00083/FULM
- Address (REPD)
- 1 New Craigie Road, New Craigie Retail Park
- Council area (by location)
- Dundee City
- Time to decision
- 14 weeks
- Name in REPD
- New Craigie Retail Park - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 16018
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitkerro Road | battery storage | 49.9 | refused | 1.0 |
| Locarno Works, Brown Street | battery storage | 39.9 | approved, not built | 3.2 |
| Tealing Battery Energy Storage Farm | battery storage | 80 | approved, not built | 4.8 |
| Dunsinane Industrial Estate | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 4.9 |
| Tealing Airfield PV | solar farm | 31 | permission expired | 5.4 |
| Grange Of Berryhill Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.8 |
| Tealing Solar Energy Park - Phase 2 | solar farm | 110 | approved, not built | 6.0 |
| Land To The West Of Kirkton Barns Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 6.1 |
| Balnuith Farm, Tealing | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 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 (56.476, -2.9333).