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Land 190M West Of Lythmore House South Wing 21 Forss Business And Technology Park Forss Thurso

Awaiting decision Highland 24/04585/FUL Full Application

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Proposal

Construction and operation of a Battery Energy Storage System with a capacity of 49.9MW consisting of battery storage modules and associated infrastructure including fencing, control buildings, substations and CCTV

As published by the council, reference 24/04585/FUL

Application record

Reference
24/04585/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Under Consideration
Received
30 Oct 2024
Validated
13 Nov 2024
Ward
Thurso And North West Caithness
Parish
Caithness West Community Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 30 Oct 2024

    Received by Highland

  2. 13 Nov 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 8 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 8 January 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Highland took a median of 68 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 Highland for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Highland decided full applications in a median of 77 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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