Planning application
East Kilbride BESS Cairnmuir Highway East Kilbride G74 4NU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Section 36 Consultation, Construction of 55MW BESS and associated infrastructure and land northwest if East Rogerton Cottage, East Kilbride.
As published by the council, reference P/25/1165
Application record
- Reference
- P/25/1165
- Type
- Electricity notification S36 application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Electricity Act - no objection
- Received
- 30 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 2 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 13 Nov 2025
- Ward
- 09 East Kilbride West
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- G74 4NU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Sep 2025
Received by South Lanarkshire
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2 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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13 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Electricity Act - no objection
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28 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
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AAH Planning Consultants Agent, a planning consultancy
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
40 documents on file for this application
- Discharge of condition 11 cover letter
- Road dilapidation survey
- Application form discharge condition
- Officer report
- Consultation response - wosas
- Correspondence from scottish government
- Archaeologica...n data structure report
- Covering correspondence from agent
- East rogerton bess screening opinion
- Flood risk as...a) & surface water management plan
- Preliminary e...ical appraisal (pea) & update note
- Site layout plan
- Location plan
- Dno building
- User substation building
- Battery storage unit
- Power conversion system unit
- Mesh fence
- Acoustic security gate & field gate
- Cctv & security lighting
- Auxiliary transformer
- Water tank
- Storage unit
- Acoustic fence
- Diesel generator
- Lighting column (1)
- Landscape and visual assessment (lva) - report
- Landscape and assessment (lva) - figures (part 1)
- Landscape and...sment (lva) - figures (part 2) (1)
- Landscape and visual assessment (lva) - appendices
- Detailed landscape masterplan (1)
- Vegetation removal plan
- 10 year landscape & ecological management plan
- Eia screening request report
- Planning supp...nd design & access statement (das)
- Green belt supporting statement
- Outline battery safety management plan (obsmp)
- Transportation statement
- Noise impact assessment
- Lighting assessment
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Lanarkshire granted permission on 13 November 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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This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.
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