Shindour Energy Storage Facility (49.9 MW)
Shindour Energy Storage 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: approved on 16 December 2021, not yet built; the record was last updated on 3 February 2025. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 16 December 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 16 December 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 May 2021 | Application submitted |
| 16 December 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 16 December 2025 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 3 February 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Gigabox Developments Limited
- Planning authority
- Stirling
- Planning application reference
- 21/00756/FLM
- Address (REPD)
- Shindour Feddal Hill Wood Braco, Dunblane
- Council area (by location)
- Perth and Kinross
- Time to decision
- 31 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Shindour - Energy Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 8464
Who decides
| Applications | Stirling | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 23 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (30%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 7 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 6 of 11 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 30.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shindour, Feddal Hill Wood | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Shindour Feddal Hill Wood Braco | battery storage | 10 | abandoned | 1.3 |
| Strathallan Wind Farm | wind farm | 20.7 | under construction | 3.8 |
| Braes O'Doune | wind farm | 72 | operational | 7.2 |
| Standingfauld Farm | wind farm | 20 | refused on appeal | 8.0 |
| Standingfauld Farm, Muthill | solar farm | 14 | approved, not built | 8.3 |
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 (56.2631, -3.9425).