Spittal Mains Quarry (49.9 MW battery storage)
Spittal Mains Quarry is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Highland, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 28 March 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 12 May 2025.
49.9 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
12 May 2025record last updated
Highlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 July 2024 | Application submitted |
| 28 March 2025 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 12 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Fig Power Limited
- Planning authority
- Highland
- Planning application reference
- 24/02827/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Spittal Mains Quarry Spittal
- Council area (by location)
- Highland
- Time to decision
- 37 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Spittal Mains Quarry - Battery storage
- REPD reference
- 16163
Who decides
| Applications | Highland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 160 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 68 (42%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 15 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 61 of 114 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 7 of 31 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 52.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 20 / 20 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spittal Mains, Spittal | battery storage | 300 | application submitted | <0.1 |
| Mybster Farm, Watten | battery storage | 19.8 | application withdrawn | 1.7 |
| Spittal Hill | wind farm | 21 | refused on appeal | 2.4 |
| Achlachan Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | operational | 2.4 |
| Achlachan Wind Farm - Phase 2 | wind farm | 6.9 | abandoned | 3.1 |
| Wind Farm at Achlachan Windfarm | wind farm | 8.5 | approved, not built | 3.2 |
| Achies | battery storage | 162 | application submitted | 3.2 |
| Halsary Wind Farm | wind farm | 34 | operational | 3.9 |
| Bad a Cheo Wind Farm | wind farm | 26.7 | operational | 5.0 |
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 (58.4652, -3.4267).