Planning application
Land To North East Of Old Schoolhouse Barras Stonehaven Aberdeenshire
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with an Installed Capacity of 49.9 MW and Associated Infrastructure
As published by the council, reference APP/2024/2125
Application record
- Reference
- APP/2024/2125
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 19 Dec 2024
- Validated
- 9 Jan 2025
- Ward
- Mearns
- Parish
- Catterline, Kinneff & Dunnottar
Site history
Applications at this address on the Aberdeenshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2023.
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ENQ/2023/1501 Awaiting decision
Land To North East Of Old Schoolhouse Barras Stonehaven Aberdeenshire
Construction and Operation of a 49.9MW Battery Energy Storage System
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Dec 2024
Received by Aberdeenshire
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9 Jan 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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5 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 March 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Aberdeenshire took a median of 64 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
233 documents on file for this application
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