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Field On West Side Of Boothby Road Fraserburgh

Awaiting decision Aberdeenshire APP/2025/0765 Full Planning Permission

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Installation of 49.9 MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and Associated Infrastructure

As published by the council, reference APP/2025/0765

Application record

Reference
APP/2025/0765
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
9 May 2025
Validated
23 May 2025
Ward
Fraserburgh And District
Parish
Fraserburgh

Site history

Applications at this address on the Aberdeenshire register

This site has had 3 applications since 2024.

  • ENQ/2024/0846 Awaiting decision

    Field On West Side Of Boothby Road Fraserburgh

    Installation of Battery Electricity Storage System (up to 49.9 MW) and Associated Infrastructure

    Submitted 11 Jun 2024
  • ENQ/2024/0849 Decided

    Field On West Side Of Boothby Road Fraserburgh

    Installation of Battery Electricity Storage System (up to 49.9 MW) and Associated Infrastructure

    Decided 4 Jul 2024 Outline

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 9 May 2025

    Received by Aberdeenshire

  2. 23 May 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 5 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 18 July 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

39 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Aberdeenshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Aberdeenshire decided full applications in a median of 73 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

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