Suttieside Farm, Suttieside Road Solar Farm & Battery Storage (31 MW)
Suttieside Farm, Suttieside Road Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a 31 MW solar farm project in Angus, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 13 December 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 3 February 2025.
31 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
3 February 2025record last updated
Anguscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 February 2023 | Application submitted |
| 13 December 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 13 December 2026 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 31 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 3 February 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Relay Suttieside Limited
- Planning authority
- Angus
- Planning application reference
- 22/00870/FULM
- Site area
- 54.4 ha
- Address (REPD)
- 800M N/O Suttieside Farm Suttieside Road Forfar
- Council area (by location)
- Angus
- Time to decision
- 42 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Suttieside Farm, Suttieside Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12213
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehills Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | under construction | 0.4 |
| Carseview Road | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.7 |
| Newfordpark House, Glamis Road | rooftop solar | 6.7 | approved, not built | 2.9 |
| Carsebank Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 3.0 |
| Orchardbank Industrial Estate | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 3.0 |
| Craignathro Farm | solar farm | 6.5 | approved, not built | 3.1 |
| Finavon Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.9 | refused on appeal | 3.9 |
| Dragonhall Farm, Padanaram | solar farm | 5 | under construction | 3.9 |
| Field 730M West Of Queen Street | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 4.2 |
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 (56.6565, -2.875).