Over Rankeilour Farm Solar Farm (29.9 MW)
Over Rankeilour Farm Solar Farm is a 29.9 MW solar farm project in Fife, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 20 May 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 27 June 2025.
29.9 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
27 June 2025record last updated
Fifecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 May 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 29.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 27 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Balance Power Projects Limited
- Planning authority
- Fife
- Planning application reference
- 25/01330/FULL
- Site area
- 58.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- Plot West Of St Marys Farm
- Council area (by location)
- Fife
- Name in REPD
- Over Rankeilour Farm - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 16630
Who decides
| Applications | Fife | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 91 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 17 (19%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 16 of 30 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 25 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fife Tractors, Drum Road | battery storage | 12.5 | refused | 1.6 |
| Ferrymuir | battery storage | 49.9 | under construction | 2.4 |
| Solar Panels & BESS | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 3.5 |
| Clatto Farm Turbines | wind farm | 6 | refused on appeal | 8.6 |
| Devon Wood | wind farm | 12.5 | refused on appeal | 9.3 |
| Auchtermuchty Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | refused | 9.5 |
| Gathercauld | wind farm | 15.6 | refused | 9.6 |
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 (56.3231, -3.058).