Planning application
Land At Loganwood House High Mathernock Farm Kilmacolm
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Siting of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) of up to 400 MW capacity, associated access improvements, substation, construction compound/laydown and ancillary works including landscaping and SUDS
As published by the council, reference 25/0001/EAA
Application record
- Reference
- 25/0001/EAA
- Type
- Electricity Act Application
- Status
- Application Refused
- Decision
- Refused As published: refused
- Received
- 24 Mar 2025
- Validated
- 24 Mar 2025
- Decided
- 4 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Ward 1 - Inverclyde East
- Parish
- Kilmacolm Community Council
- Decision by
- Committee
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
24 Mar 2025
Received by Inverclyde
-
4 Jun 2026
Decision issued: refused
-
5 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Harmony HM Limited Applicant, registered in Knaresborough
Active · incorporated 2024 · Knaresborough
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
46 documents on file for this application
- Screening Opinion
- 33KV Transformer, Elevation
- 132kV substation elevation
- 132kV Substation Plan
- Acoustic Fencing
- Air Quality Impact Assessment
- Archeological Desk-Based Assessment
- Proposed BESS Unit Plan and Elevation
- Breeding Bird Survey Report
- CCTV Installation
- Consultee List v 1 09.12.24
- Control Room Enclosure, indicative Plan and Elevation
- Proposed Customer Substation
- Ecological Desk Study
- Geology, Soils and Groundworks Strategy
- HM 36C Cover Letter to ECU 16.12.24
- Proposed Inverter Plan and Elevation
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (Part 1)
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (Part 2)
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (Part 3)
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (Part 4)
- Landscape Strategy Plan
- National Vegetation Classification Survey Report
- Outline Battery Storage Safety Management Plan (OBSMP)
- Palisade Fencing Panel and Gate
- Proposed Site Layout
- Protected Species Survey Report
- Typical Retaining Wall Elevations and Sections
- Site Location
- Socio-Economics Benefit Statement
- Sustainable Drainage & Flood Risk Assessment
- Transport Statement & Construction Traffic Management Plan
- Proposed Water Tank
- Proposed Welfare Unit (Permanent)
- Environmental Noise Impact Assessment
- High Mathernock BESS Planning Statement
- High Mathernock BESS Consultation Report
- High Mathernock BESS EIA Screening Letter
- Screening Opinion - High Mathernock BESS
- Transport Statement & Construction Traffic Management Plan
- HM 36C Cover Letter to ECU
- Attachment 1_Redline Boundary
- Attachment 2_Proposed Site Layout
- Attachment 3_Environmental Constraints
- Attachment 4_High Mathernock Environmental Constraints with a 2km Buffer
- BESS EIA Screening Letter
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Inverclyde refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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