Birdfield Red Borrow Pit Minard Argyll And Bute

This site has had 4 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.

• 25/01366/SCREEN Decided

  Birdfield Red Borrow Pit Minard Argyll And Bute

  Screening Opinion for extension to existing borrow pit for the extraction of hard rock

  Decided 8 Oct 2025 Outline
• 24/00764/SCREEN Decided

  Birdfield Red Borrow Pit Minard Argyll And Bute

  Screening opinion relating to 23/02471/MIN

  Decided 10 May 2024 Outline
• 23/02471/MIN Granted

  Birdfield Red Borrow Pit Minard Argyll And Bute

  Use of existing borrow pit for the extraction of hard rock for the purposes of electricity substation construction

  Decided 10 May 2024 Other

1. 27 Mar 2025

   Received by Argyll and Bute

2. 15 May 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 10 Oct 2025

   Decision issued: Application Approved

4. 24 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Argyll and Bute granted permission on 10 October 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.

This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Birdfield Red Borrow Pit Minard Argyll And Bute

  24/00764/SCREEN Submitted 25 Apr 2024 50 yards away

  Screening opinion relating to 23/02471/MIN

  Decided Outline 5 docs

• Birdfield Red Borrow Pit Minard Argyll And Bute

  23/02471/MIN Submitted 22 Dec 2023 50 yards away

  Use of existing borrow pit for the extraction of hard rock for the purposes of electricity substation construction

  Granted Other 26 docs

• 26/01444/MIN Awaiting decision

  Clachan Quarry Cairndow Argyll And Bute PA26 8BH

  Section 42 application to vary condition 2 relative to planning permission reference 22/02506/MIN (Extraction of hard rock (Variation of conditions 2, 4 and 5 of planning permission reference 13/02424/MIN - to allow continued working of the hard rock quarry until 31 December 2027)) variation to wording of condition 2 to extend the duration of the development, condition 3 to update the approved restoration scheme and condition 6 to update the excavation area to reflect the proposed extension of the quarry to allow for the lateral expansion of the permitted hard rock extraction area

  Received 19 Aug, published by the council 21 Aug 2026 Other
• 26/01264/PNAGRI Granted

  Port An Truain Farm Port Ellen Isle Of Islay Argyll And Bute

  Erection of agricultural shed

  Received 22 Jul, published by the council 5 Aug 2026 Other
• 26/00885/PNAGRI Granted

  Killocraw Farm Bellochantuy Argyll And Bute PA28 6QE

  Erection of agricultural building

  Received 25 May, published by the council 28 Jul 2026 Other
• 26/01220/PNELEC Decided

  Land At Strone Farm Minard Argyll And Bute

  24 New poles from existing line to connect the 2 new transmission substation buildings

  Received 15 Jul, published by the council 28 Jul 2026 Other
• 26/01138/ELCNOT Awaiting decision

  Land At Colintraive Argyll And Bute

  Installation of a new 33kV overhead spur

  Received 2 Jul, published by the council 28 Jul 2026 Other