Planning application
Land At Former Dougliehill Water Treatment Works Dougliehill Road Port Glasgow PA14 5AY
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Construction and operation of Dougliehill 49MW (AC) Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), associated infrastructure and miscellaneous works
As published by the council, reference 25/0033/IC
Application record
- Reference
- 25/0033/IC
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Granted Subject To Conditions
- Decision
- Granted As published: granted subject to conditions
- Received
- 28 Feb 2025
- Validated
- 28 Feb 2025
- Decided
- 6 Aug 2025
- Ward
- Ward 2 - Inverclyde East Central
- Parish
- Port Glasgow West Community Council
- Decision by
- Committee
- Postcode
- PA14 5AY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
28 Feb 2025
Received by Inverclyde
-
6 Aug 2025
Decision issued: granted subject to conditions
-
5 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Bluestone Energy Ltd. Applicant, registered in Canvey Island
Active · incorporated 2018 · Canvey Island
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
59 documents on file for this application
- Planning Board Report
- Landscape and Ecological Mitigation Plan
- Elevations
- Site Layout
- DNO Substation
- Customer Switchgear Room
- Aux Transformer
- Visibility Splay Layout
- Battery Unit
- MV Station
- Security Fencing and Gate
- Security CCTV and Lighting Pole
- Access Road
- Cable Trench
- Aux Transformer for Battery Units
- Spares Container
- Welfare Unit
- Dougliehill WTW Site Location Plan
- Location Plan
- Granted Subject to Conditions
- Elevations
- NN Checklist
- Dougliehill Transport Statement
- Dougliehill Flood Risk Assessment
- Dougliehill Surface Water Management Assessment _ Text
- Dougliehill Outline Battery Safety Management Plan
- Visibility Splay Layout
- Dougliehill BESS Air Quality Assessment
- Dougliehill Design and Access Statement
- Dougliehill Landscape and Visual Appraisal
- Dougliehill PAC Report 2025
- Dougliehill Planning Statement
- Dougliehill Preliminary Ecological Appraisal
- FRA 2539 - Self Certificate - Dougliehill Battery Storage
- FRA Independent Check Declaration
- LVA Fig4-3 Viewpoint 1 Kilmacolm Road B788
- LVA Fig4-4 Viewpoint 2 Harelaw Reservoir
- LVA Fig4-5 Viewpoint 3 Inverclyde Wind Farm Car Park
- LVA Figure 4-1_Landscape Receptors
- LVA Figure 4-2 Visual Receptors
- PAC Report Appendix A
- PAC Report Appendix B Part 1
- PAC Report Appendix B Part 2
- PAC Report Appendix B Part 3
- PAC Report Appendix B Part 4
- PAC Report Appendix C
- PAC Report Appendix D-F
- Full Planning Application
- Dougliehill Noise Impact Assessment
- SWMA - Appendix A - Proposed Development
- SWMA - Appendix B - Topographical Survey
- SWMA - Appendix C - Scottish Water Records
- SWMA - Appendix D - Surface Water Calculations
- SWMA - Appendix E - Proposed Drainage Strategy
- SWMA - Appendix F - Proposed 1 in 200yr plus CC Overland Flooding
- SWMA - Appendix G - Surface Water Management Plan Checklist
- SWMA - Appendix H - IC Certificate A1 Assessment Compliance Certificate
- SWMA - Appendix H - PII Certificate
- SWMA - Appendix J - Independent Check Certificate
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Inverclyde granted permission on 6 August 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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