Planning application
Land Adjacent To Electricity Substation Berryburn Dunphail Forres Moray
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Construct a 275 / 33kV Corshellach substation associated undertaking of earthworks formation of platform landscaping means of access means of enclosure site drainage temporary construction compounds and other associated operations on
As published by the council, reference 26/00149/APP
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00149/APP
- Type
- Application for Planning Permission
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 5 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 27 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Forres
- Parish
- Finderne
- Decision by
- Committee - National/Major
Site history
Applications at this address on the Moray register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024.
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24/01438/SCN Decided
Land Adjacent To Electricity Substation Berryburn Dunphail Forres Moray
Substation compound on
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Feb 2026
Received by Moray
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27 Feb 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 April 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Moray took a median of 91 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
80 documents on file for this application
- FORRES GAZETTE - 02.09.2026
- TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT - UPDATED
- TRANSPORT MANAGER
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- PRIVATE WATER SUPPLY - UPDATED
- DEVELOPER OBLIGATIONS
- MORAY FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT
- PRIVATE WATER SUPPLIES
- ABERDEENSHIRE COUNCIL ARCHAEOLOGY SERVICE
- CONTAMINATED LAND
- HSE
- MORAY ACCESS MANAGER - HOLDING
- APPENDIX 1-1 -SCREENING OPINION
- APPENDIX 2-1 - CARBON ASSESSMENT
- APPENDIX 3-1 - SSENT GEMPS
- APPENDIX 3-3 - NOISE ASSESSMENT
- APPENDIX 3-4 - OUTDOOR LIGHTING REPORT
- APPENDIX 3-5 - TRANSPORT STATEMENT - PART 1 OF 2
- APPENDIX 3-5 - TRANSPORT STATEMENT - PART 2 OF 2
- APPENDIX 4-2 - BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT REPORT
- APPENDIX 4-3 - BNG AND IRREPLACEABLE HABITAT STRATEGY
- APPENDIX 6-1 - CA ASSETS WITHIN THE INNER STUDY AREA
- APPENDIX 6-2 - DESIGNATED CA ASSETS WITHIN THE OUTER S
- APPENDIX 7-1 - DRAINAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- APPENDIX 7-2 - LEVEL 1 FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- APPENDIX 8-1 - WOODLAND REPORT
- APPENDIX 8-2 - TREE REMOVAL PLAN
- CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
- CHAPTER 2 - SITE SELECTION PROCESS
- CHAPTER 3 - THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
- CHAPTER 4 - ECOLOGY
- CHAPTER 5 - LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL
- CHAPTER 6 - CULTURAL HERITAGE
- CHAPTER 7 - GEOLOGY SOILS AND WATER
- CHAPTER 8 - FORESTRY
- CHAPTER 9 - SCHEDULE OF MITIGATION
- CONSTRUCTION PLAN FLOOD RISK MAPPING
- CONTENTS AND GLOSSARY
- CONTROL BUILDING ELEVATIONS
- CONTROL BUILDING ROOF PLAN
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- DRAINAGE DETAILS
- DRAINAGE DITCH LONG SECTIONS
- PROPOSED DRAINAGE LAYOUT
- EXISTING & PROPOSED PLATFORM & ACCESS ROAD SECTIONS
- EXISTING & PROPOSED SUBSTATION PLATFORM SECTIONS
- EXISTING SITE TOPOGRAPHY
- LOCATION PLAN
- FIGURE 2-1 - SUBSTATION SITE OPTIONS
- FIGURE 3-1 - THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
- FIGURE 3_2A - VP1 FARQUHAR FARM - LOCATION PLAN
- FIGURE 3-2B - VIEWPOINT FROM FARQUHAR FARM - BASELINE
- FIGURE 3-2C - VIEWPOINT FROM FARQUHAR FARM - PHOTOMONT
- FIGURE 3-2D - VIEWPOINT FROM FARQUHAR FARM - PHOTOMONT
- FIGURE 3-2E - VIEWPOINT FROM FARQUHAR FARM - PHOTOMONT
- FIGURE 4-1 - SITES DESIGNATED FOR NATURE CONSERVATION
- FIGURE 5-1 - STUDY AREA WITH ZTV
- FIGURE 5-2 - DESIGNATED AND PROTECTED LANDSCAPES WITH
- FIGURE 5-3 - LANDSCAPE CHARACTER TYPES WITH ZTV
- FIGURE 5-4 - VISUAL RECEPTORS INCLUDED WITHIN ASSESSME
- FIGURE 5-5 - CUMULATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
- FIGURE 5-6 - LANDSCAPE MITIGATION PROPOSAL
- FIGURE 6-1 - CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSETS WITHIN THE INNER
- FIGURE 6-2 - DESIGNATED CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSETS WITHI
- FIGURE 7-1 - LOCAL HYDROLOGY
- FIGURE 7-2 - SUPERFICIAL GEOLOGY
- FIGURE 7-3 - PEATLAND CLASSIFICATION
- FIGURE 7-4 - PEAT DEPTH PLAN
- FIGURE 8-1 - FORESTRY STUDY AREA
- LOCATION PLANS
- PERMANENT INTERNAL ROAD ARRANGEMENTS PLAN AND DETAIL
- PLANNING STATEMENT - INCLUDING COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
- APPLICATION FOR PLANNING PERMISSION
- PRE-APPLICATION CONSULTATION REPORT
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE TOPOGRAPHY
- SITE PLAN FLOOD RISK MAPPING
- SITE WATER SUPPLY LAYOUT
- TEMPORARY DRAINAGE LAYOUT
- TEMPORARY SITE COMPOUND AND ACCESS
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