Pond Battery Storage (200 MW)
Pond Battery Storage is a 200 MW battery storage project in West Lothian, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 24 March 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 8 April 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 13 May 2024 | Application submitted |
| 24 March 2025 | Section 36 consent granted (Scottish Ministers) |
| 24 March 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 8 April 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Banks Renewables
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00004765
- Address (REPD)
- Pond Industrial Park, Whitburn Road, Bathgate
- Council area (by location)
- West Lothian
- Time to decision
- 45 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Pond Industrial Park, Whitburn Road - Pond Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 13404
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlerigg | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Torrance Farm Wind Park Extension | wind farm | 5.7 | operational | 5.6 |
| Torrance Farm | wind farm | 9 | operational | 5.8 |
| Torrance Wind Farm Extension 2 | wind farm | 26.4 | refused | 6.3 |
| Heights Road, Blackridge - Woodend Wind Farm | wind farm | 19.8 | application submitted | 6.6 |
| Drumduff Wind Farm Extension | wind farm | 15 | approved, not built | 7.4 |
| Benhar Windfarm | wind farm | 15 | refused on appeal | 7.8 |
| Drumduff | wind farm | 8.5 | operational | 7.8 |
| Burnhead | wind farm | 26 | operational | 7.8 |
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 (55.8868, -3.6575).