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Land East Of A981 Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire

Granted Aberdeenshire APP/2023/0193 Full Planning Permission

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Formation of 45MW Battery Energy Storage System Compound, Siting of Substations, Erection of Security Fencing, CCTV, Formation of Vehicular Access and Associated Infrastructure

As published by the council, reference APP/2023/0193

Application record

Reference
APP/2023/0193
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Decided
Decision
Approved
Received
3 Feb 2023
Validated
7 Feb 2023
Decided
13 Apr 2023
Ward
Fraserburgh And District
Parish
Rathen, Memsie & District
Decision by
Committee

Site history

Applications at this address on the Aberdeenshire register

This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • APP/2026/0804 Decided

    Land East Of A981 Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire

    Confirmation Existing Planning Permission APP/2023/0193 Formation of 45MW Battery Energy Storage System Compound, Siting of Substations, Erection of Security Fencing, CCTV, Formation of Vehicular Access and Associated Infrastructure

    Submitted 13 May 2026
  • ENQ/2022/1698 Decided

    Land East Of A981 Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire

    Formation of 45MW Battery Energy Storage Compound and Associated Infrastructure

    Decided 25 Nov 2022

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Feb 2023

    Received by Aberdeenshire

  2. 7 Feb 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 13 Apr 2023

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 1 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • APP/2026/0804 Decided

    Land East Of A981 Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire

    Confirmation Existing Planning Permission APP/2023/0193 Formation of 45MW Battery Energy Storage System Compound, Siting of Substations, Erection of Security Fencing, CCTV, Formation of Vehicular Access and Associated Infrastructure

    Submitted 13 May 2026

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

48 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Aberdeenshire granted permission on 13 April 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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