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Bowshiel Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Land At Bowshiel Farm Duns Grantshouse Scottish Borders

Awaiting decision Scottish Borders 25/00865/S36 Section 36 Application

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Construction of a Solar Farm with generating capacity of up to 170MW and accompanying Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with generating capacity of up to 150MW, associated infrastructure, access, and landscaping.

As published by the council, reference 25/00865/S36

Application record

Reference
25/00865/S36
Type
Section 36 Application
Status
Registered
Received
2 Jul 2025
Validated
2 Jul 2025
Ward
East Berwickshire
Parish
Cockburnspath & Cove Community Council

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Jul 2025

    Received by Scottish Borders

  2. 14 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 27 August 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Scottish Borders took a median of 61 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

81 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Scottish Borders for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Scottish Borders's median decision took 61 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

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.

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