Orchardbank Industrial Estate (10 MW battery storage)
Orchardbank Industrial Estate is a 10 MW battery storage project in Angus, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 20 December 2020; the record was last updated on 24 July 2020.
10 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
24 July 2020record last updated
Anguscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 17 October 2017 | Application submitted |
| 5 January 2018 | Planning permission granted |
| 20 December 2020 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 24 July 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Capbal
- Planning authority
- Angus
- Planning application reference
- 17/00848/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- Ground at Rear of Dean Park, Orchard Loan, Orchardbank Industrial Estate
- Council area (by location)
- Angus
- Time to decision
- 11 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7574
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newfordpark House, Glamis Road | rooftop solar | 6.7 | approved, not built | 0.3 |
| Dragonhall Farm, Padanaram | solar farm | 5 | under construction | 2.3 |
| Craignathro Farm | solar farm | 6.5 | approved, not built | 2.4 |
| Carseview Road | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.4 |
| Suttieside Farm, Suttieside Road Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 31 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Whitehills Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | under construction | 3.1 |
| Solar Farm at Cossans Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 3.8 |
| Cossans Solar Farm -ESS | battery storage | 35 | application submitted | 3.8 |
| Land East of Sandyford | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 4.6 |
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 (56.6393, -2.9132).