Riccarton Mains Road (150 MW battery storage)
Riccarton Mains Road is a 150 MW battery storage project in City of Edinburgh, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 26 March 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 3 October 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 26 March 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 150 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 3 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Miller Developments
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00005144
- Address (REPD)
- 100 Metres N/O 81 Riccarton Mains Road
- Council area (by location)
- City of Edinburgh
- Name in REPD
- Riccarton Mains Road - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 16656
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Terminal 1 Edinburgh Airport Solar Farm | solar farm | 9 | approved, not built | 6.3 |
| Selms Muir Solar Farm | solar farm | 18 | approved, not built | 8.6 |
| Leyden Road | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 8.7 |
| Existing Kaimes Substation, Old Burdiehouse Road | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 9.2 |
| Broxburn | battery storage | 20 | operational | 9.3 |
| Learielaw Farm, Learielaw | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 9.7 |
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 (55.9008, -3.3096).