Pyotdykes Farm, Stoneygroves, Liff Solar Farm (28 MW)
Pyotdykes Farm, Stoneygroves, Liff Solar Farm is a 28 MW solar farm project in Angus, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 13 March 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 8 October 2024.
28 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
8 October 2024record last updated
Anguscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 25 October 2023 | Application submitted |
| 13 March 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 13 March 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 28 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 8 October 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Sonnedix Weston Limited
- Planning authority
- Angus
- Planning application reference
- 23/00756/FULM
- Site area
- 30.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- 500M East Of Stoneygroves Liff
- Council area (by location)
- Angus
- Time to decision
- 20 weeks
- Contracts for Difference
- AR6
- Name in REPD
- Pyotdykes Farm, Stoneygroves, Liff - Solar Farm
- REPD reference
- 11847
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templeton Farm, Templeton | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.8 |
| Dundee Technology Park | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 2.0 |
| Grange Of Berryhill Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.9 |
| Dunsinane Industrial Estate | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 3.1 |
| Dormitories Star Inn Farm, Mains Of Fowlis | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.7 |
| Locarno Works, Brown Street | battery storage | 39.9 | approved, not built | 5.8 |
| Tealing Airfield PV | solar farm | 31 | permission expired | 6.4 |
| Balnuith Farm, Tealing | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Field 279M North East of 15 Tealing | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 7.9 |
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 (56.4893, -3.0598).