Planning application
Land 190M Northwest Of 3 Leadhills Road Leadhills Road Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) facility and associated infrastructure
As published by the council, reference P/26/0324
Application record
- Reference
- P/26/0324
- Type
- Detailed planning application
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 12 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 26 Mar 2026
- Ward
- 03 Clydesdale East
- Decision by
- Planning committee
- Postcode
- ML12 6TE
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Lanarkshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025.
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P/25/0986 Decided
Land 190M Northwest Of 3 Leadhills Road Leadhills Road Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire
EIA Screening Request in relation to the construction of a 49.9MW BESS facility on land north of Leadhills Road, Elvenfoot.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Mar 2026
Received by South Lanarkshire
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26 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 21 May 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
72 documents on file for this application
- Committee report
- Consultation response - crawford and elvanfoot community council
- Objection - david mundell mp
- Consultation response - crawford & elvanfoot community council
- Correspondence - national gas
- Objection - colin mackie
- Objection - jeremy cooper
- Objection - jeremy cooper
- Objection - astrid cooper
- Objection - jeremey cooper
- Objection - jeremy cooper
- Objection - gregor white
- Objection - andrew grant
- Objection - hazel grant
- Objection - hazel grant
- Objection - alexander muir
- Objection - jeremy cooper
- Objection - jeremy cooper
- Objection - jeremy cooper
- Objection - jeremy cooper
- Objection - steven jordan
- Objection - suzanne reilly
- Objection - sue trickey
- Objection - chris trickey
- Objection - helen muir
- Objection - astrid cooper
- Consultation response - wosas
- Newspaper advert - lanark gazette
- Phase 1 contaminated land - technical review
- Archaeological desk based assessment
- Das
- Bess elevation
- Controls cabinet elevation
- Extension elevation across views a and b
- Extension elevations across views c and d
- Site layout plan
- Site location
- Section of fence elevation
- Inverter and transformer elevation
- Fra and drainage strategy
- Proposed drainage layout
- Proposed design levels for infrastructure
- Landscape and visual appraisal - lva
- Location plan
- Lva - appendix 1 - assessment criteria
- Landscape planting proposals around the perimeter of the site
- Photographic records of viws towards the application site
- Photographic records of viws towards the application site
- Photomontages showing a visualisation of the proposed development within the con
- Combined proposals for landscape planting between the proposed development and t
- Plan showing the cumulative developments at the site and surrounding areas
- Designated landscape areas and recreational routes at the application site and s
- Plan showing the landscape characters as outlined in the south lanarkshire counc
- Site location plan
- Plan showing the screened zone of theoretical visibility and locations of viewpo
- Plan showing the topography at the site and surrounding area
- Ns landscape character plan
- Nia
- Outline battery fire safety management plan
- Obemp
- Peatland impact and restoration assessment
- Planning statement
- Application pdf
- Pac report
- Pea
- Submission cover letter
- Transport statement and ctmp
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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