Bishops Dal Battery Energy Storage Scheme Land South Of Eccles Substation Coldstream Scottish Borders

1. 6 Mar 2025

   Received by Scottish Borders

2. 11 Mar 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 8 Dec 2025

   Decision issued: Section 36 No Objection

4. 5 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Scottish Borders granted permission on 8 December 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.

The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Scottish Borders's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.

• Land West Of Eccles Sub Station Coldstream Scottish Borders

  22/00865/SCR Submitted 31 May 2022 400 yards away

  Proposed battery storage system with a capacity of in excess of 50 Mw and associated work

  Decided Outline 9 docs

• Eccles II Battery Energy Storage System Land West Of Eccles Sub Station Coldstream Scottish Borders

  23/01038/S36 Submitted 10 Jul 2023 400 yards away

  Battery Energy Storage System with an export capacity of up to 500 MW, located west of Eccles Substation

  Granted 110 docs

• Eccles Substation Coldstream Scottish Borders

  24/01035/CLPU Submitted 2 Sep 2024 0.3 miles away

  Installation of underground grid cable Connection and electronic communications line

  Granted Lawful development 10 docs

• Battery Storage Facility Coldstream Scottish Borders

  22/01532/S36 Submitted 5 Oct 2022 0.3 miles away

  Battery Electricity Storage System (BESS) and Associated Infrastructure

  Granted 172 docs

• Land North Of Eccles Substation Eccles Coldstream Scottish Borders

  23/00249/FUL Submitted 17 Feb 2023 0.3 miles away

  Extension to the existing substation and erection of two hybrid synchronous compensators

  Granted Full applications Extension 95 docs