Pittlesheugh Farm Bess, Springwells Farmhouse (340 MW)
Pittlesheugh Farm Bess, Springwells Farmhouse is a 340 MW battery storage project in Scottish Borders, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 19 April 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 13 June 2024. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 April 2024 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 340 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 13 June 2024
- Operator or applicant
- The Energy Workshop
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00004872
- Address (REPD)
- Pittlesheugh Farm Bess Limited, W/O Springwells Farmhouse, Greenlaw, Duns
- Council area (by location)
- Scottish Borders
- Name in REPD
- Pittlesheugh Farm Bess, Springwells Farmhouse - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 14542
Who decides
As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36. Scottish Government (S36) refused 18% of 334 decided solar, wind and battery applications in REPD (median 127 weeks to a decision). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eccles II Substation | battery storage | 500 | under construction | 3.4 |
| Eccles Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 400 | under construction | 3.8 |
| Bishops Dal | battery storage | 150 | application submitted | 4.7 |
| Eccles Substation, Eccles | battery storage | 50 | under construction | 4.7 |
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 (55.6829, -2.3777).