Womblehill Farm, Kintore (200 MW battery storage)
Womblehill Farm, Kintore is a 200 MW battery storage project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 27 June 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 6 October 2025. As a project over 50 MW in Scotland, it is decided by Scottish Ministers under Section 36.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 June 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 6 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- RE Projects Development (REPD) / Field
- Planning authority
- Scottish Government (S36)
- Planning application reference
- ECU00005233
- Address (REPD)
- Womblehill, Kintore
- Council area (by location)
- Aberdeenshire
- Name in REPD
- Womblehill Farm, Kintore - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 17325
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fordtown Energy Storage | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.4 |
| Kintore Substation, Leylodge | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.7 |
| Kintore Battery Energy Storage Project | battery storage | 300 | approved, not built | 1.3 |
| Broomhill BESS | battery storage | 49 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| South Leylodge Farmhouse, Kintore | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Kintore | solar farm | 50 | application submitted | 1.7 |
| Dyce Energy Storage, Raiths Industrial Estate Battery Facility | battery storage | 50 | operational | 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 (57.2179, -2.3639).