Pleasance Road Battery Energy Facility (49.9 MW)
Pleasance Road Battery Energy Facility is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 June 2023; the record was last updated on 27 March 2024.
49.9 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
27 March 2024record last updated
Perth and Kinrosscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 25 February 2022 | Application submitted |
| 1 June 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 June 2023 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 27 March 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Gresham House
- Planning authority
- Perth and Kinross
- Planning application reference
- 22/00195/FLM
- Address (REPD)
- 130 Metres South East Of Coupar Angus Substation Pleasance Road Coupar
- Council area (by location)
- Perth and Kinross
- Time to decision
- 14 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Pleasance Road - Battery Energy Facility
- REPD reference
- 9997
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasance Road 19/00513/FLM | 45 | 29 March 2019 | replaced by a revised application |
Who decides
| Applications | Perth and Kinross | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 73 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 32 (44%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 6 of 24 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 23 of 31 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 18 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 28.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 7 / 8 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coupar Angus Substation, Pleasance Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 0.5 |
| Coupar Angus, Pleasance Road Battery Energy Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.5 |
| Stirling Battery and Solar Energy Park | solar farm | 60 | approved, not built | 1.6 |
| Mains Of Keithick Farm, Keithick Battery Storage & Solar Farm | solar farm | 20.5 | approved, not built | 1.6 |
| Hallyburton | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 2.0 |
| Mill Of Peattie Farm, Kinnochtry Coupar | battery storage | 18 | refused | 2.4 |
| Mill Of Peattie Farm, Kinnochtry Coupar Solar Farm | solar farm | 22 | refused | 2.9 |
| Milton Of Collace, Burrelton Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 5.7 |
| Milton Of Collace, Burrelton Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 5.9 |
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 (56.5378, -3.2728).