Planning application
Malcolmwood Farm Loanend Road Blantyre G72 9UL
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Construction of Battery Energy Storage System (and associated infrastructure) with generating capacity of 49.5MW on land at Malcolm Wood Farm, Blantyre.
As published by the council, reference P/25/0942
Application record
- Reference
- P/25/0942
- Type
- Detailed planning application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 12 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 19 Aug 2025
- Ward
- 14 Cambuslang East
- Parish
- Halfway Community Council
- Decision by
- Planning committee
- Postcode
- G72 9UL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Aug 2025
Received by South Lanarkshire
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19 Aug 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 14 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
South Lanarkshire took a median of 69 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Glasgow
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148 documents on file for this application
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