Planning application
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Formation of access track to facilitate BESS development
As published by the council, reference 25/0542/PP
Application record
- Reference
- 25/0542/PP
- Type
- Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approved with Conditions
- Received
- 31 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 6 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 18 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Ballochmyle
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- KA1 5LL
Site history
Applications at this address on the East Ayrshire register
This site has had 14 applications since 2023: 11 approved, 0 refused.
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26/0043/AMCPP Granted
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Discharge of Condition 9 (Part 1) (Financial Guarantee) of Planning Consent 23/0005/S36
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26/0014/S36AMC Granted
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Discharge of Condition 10 (Parts 1 & 2) (Construction and Environmental Management Plan) of Planning Consent 23/0005/S36
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26/0017/AMCPP Withdrawn
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Discharge of Condtion 2 (Part 1) (Restoration and Aftercare Scheme) for 25/0542/PP (Formation of access track to facilitate BESS development)
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26/0002/AMCPP Granted
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Discharge of Condition 29 (Planning Monitoring Officer) (Part a) of application no. 23/0005/S36.
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25/0022/S36AMC Granted
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 20 (B) - BIRD PROTECTION PLAN
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25/0021/S36AMC Granted
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Discharge of Conditon 19 (Protected Species Parts A & B), 21(a) (Environmental Clerk of Works Part A) and approval under condition 22(a) (Landscape and Biodiveristy Strategy) of Planning Consent 23/0005/S36.
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25/0020/S36AMC Granted
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Discharge of Condition 11 (Part a) (Construction Traffic Management Plan), 15 (Part a) (Inter-visible Passing Places) & Condition 17 (Part 1) (Landscaping) of 23/0005/S36.
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25/0019/S36AMC Granted
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Discharge of Condition No. 25(a) (Specification Details) of Planning Consent 23/0005/S36 (Battery Energy Storage System)
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25/0113/AMCPP Granted
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Discharge of conditions 18(a) Lighting and 27(a) Noise Management of 23/0005/S36
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25/0105/AMCPP Granted
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Discharge of condition 8 (part 2) - (Site Decommissioning, Restoration and Aftercare) and condition 23 (part a) - (Scheme of Investigation for Archaeological Monitoring and Recording) of Planning Consent 23/0005/S36
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 Oct 2025
Received by East Ayrshire
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6 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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18 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approved with Conditions
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/0017/AMCPP Withdrawn
Inchbean Farm Treeswoodhead Road Shortlees Kilmarnock East Ayrshire KA1 5LL
Discharge of Condtion 2 (Part 1) (Restoration and Aftercare Scheme) for 25/0542/PP (Formation of access track to facilitate BESS development)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
GP Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Daventry
Active · incorporated 2006 · Daventry
56 applications on PlanIndex · across 26 councils · 96% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
- Decision notice
- Report of handling
- Neighbour notification plan
- Approved cable connection and access road plan
- Approved location plan
- Approved rural location plan
- Approved cable trench and access track section view
- Application pdf
- Approved statement of justificaiton
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
East Ayrshire granted permission on 18 December 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.
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