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Brownside Farm Mountblairy Banff Aberdeenshire AB45 3YD

Granted Aberdeenshire APP/2025/0205 Full Planning Permission

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

Proposal

Formation of 35MW Solar Farm, Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with an Installed Capacity of up to 14.9MW, Substation and Associated Infrastructure

As published by the council, reference APP/2025/0205

Application record

Reference
APP/2025/0205
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Decided
Decision
Approved
Received
13 Feb 2025
Validated
17 Mar 2025
Decided
18 Jun 2025
Ward
Banff And District
Parish
Alvah & Forglen
Decision by
Committee
Postcode
AB45 3YD

Site history

Applications at this address on the Aberdeenshire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • ENQ/2024/1328 Decided

    Brownside Farm Mountblairy Banff Aberdeenshire AB45 3YD

    Major Development of a Photovoltaic Electricity Production Facility with Capacity of up to 35MW, Together with a Battery Energy Storage System with Capacity of up to 14.9MW and Associated Infrastructure

    Decided 15 Nov 2024

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Feb 2025

    Received by Aberdeenshire

  2. 17 Mar 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 18 Jun 2025

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 1 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

75 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Aberdeenshire granted permission on 18 June 2025, 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.

About full applications

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  • Brownside Farm Mountblairy Banff Aberdeenshire AB45 3YD

    ENQ/2024/1328 Submitted 4 Sep 2024 0m away

    Major Development of a Photovoltaic Electricity Production Facility with Capacity of up to 35MW, Together with a Battery Energy Storage System with Capacity of up to 14.9MW and Associated Infrastructure

    Decided 3 docs

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