Planning application
Land Approximately 5km To The West Of Thurso
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Lythmore Solar Farm - Construction and operation of a Solar Farm of up to 100MW export capacity and up to 200MW Battery Storage and supporting infrastructure including inverters, cabling, access tracks and customer and transmission operator substations. This case will be determined by the Energy Consents Unit. Please visit Energy Consents Unit at https://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationSearch.aspx?T=2 using reference number ECU00004798
As published by the council, reference 25/03717/S36
Application record
- Reference
- 25/03717/S36
- Type
- Section 36
- Status
- Under Consideration
- Received
- 2 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 2 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Thurso And North West Caithness
- Parish
- Caithness West Community Council
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Oct 2025
Received by Highland
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 27 November 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 67 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
98 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Highland for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Highland's median decision took 67 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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