Planning application
Land 190M Northwest Of 3 Leadhills Road Leadhills Road Elvanfoot Biggar
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation and operation of a battery energy storage system (BESS) with associated infrastructure.
As published by the council, reference P/26/0243
Application record
- Reference
- P/26/0243
- Type
- Detailed planning application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 24 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 4 Mar 2026
- Ward
- 03 Clydesdale East
- Decision by
- Planning committee
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Lanarkshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025.
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P/25/0019/PAN Decided
Land 190M Northwest Of 3 Leadhills Road Leadhills Road Elvanfoot Biggar
Construction and operation of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), Land north of Leadhill Road (B7040), north of Elvanfoot - Proposal of Application Notice.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Feb 2026
Received by South Lanarkshire
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4 Mar 2026
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 29 April 2026, 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 70 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
- Committee report
- Objection - jeremy cooper
- Consultation response - crawford and elvanfoot community council
- Objection - david mundell mp
- Consultation response - crawford & elvanfoot community council
- Correspondence - national gas
- Objection - colin mackie
- Objection from national gas transmission
- Objection - jeremy cooper
- Objection - jeremy cooper
- Objection - astrid cooper
- Objection - jermey cooper
- Objection - jeremy cooper
- Objection - steven white
- Objection - andrew grant
- Objection - alexander muir
- Objection - clive greatorex.
- Objection - jeremy cooper
- Objection - bruce fraser
- Objection - steven jordan
- Objection - helen muir
- Objection - helen muir
- Objection - aileen mackinnon
- Objection - douglas black
- Objection - sarah moynihan
- Objection - james collins munro
- Objection - james collins munro
- Objection - astrid cooper
- Newspaper advert - lanark gazette
- Objection - jeremy cooper
- Objection - jeremy cooper
- Objection - jeremy cooper
- Objection - sue trickey
- Objection - chris trickey
- Objection - chris trickey
- Objection - andrew johnstone
- Consultation response - wosas
- Objection - maureen lanigan
- Consultation response - wosas
- Objection - astrid cooper
- Objection - james collins munro
- Objection - thalia white
- Objection - thalia white
- Elvanfoot bess 2 pea report
- Elvanfoot battery energy storage system 2_obemp
- Archaeological desk-based assessment
- Cover letter
- Design and access statement
- Battery unit elevation
- Control cabinet elevation
- Elvanfoot phase 2 site elevations a and b
- Elvanfoot phase 2 site elevations c and d
- Fence elevation
- Inverter and transformer elevation
- Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy
- Lva
- Layout plan
- A location plan
- Lva appendix 1 assessment criteria
- Lva appendix 2 landscape proposals
- Lva appendix 3 type 1 photosheets 1
- Lva appendix 3 type 1 photosheets 2
- Lva appendix 4 photmontages
- Lva appendix 5 naturescot landscape character
- Lva combined landscape proposals
- Lva figure 1 site location plan
- Lva figure 2 screened ztv and viewpoint location plan
- Lva figure 3 designated landscapes and recreational routes
- Lva figure 4 south lanarkshire landscape character plan
- Lva figure 5 topographical plan
- Lva figure 6 cumulative sites plan
- Noise impact assessment
- Outline battery fire safety management plan
- Peatland restoration assessment
- Planning statement
- Application pdf
- Pre-application consultation report
- Transport statement and outline construction traffic management plan
Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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