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Battery storage planning in Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire has decided 6 battery storage schemes and approved 83% of them, taking a median of 4.9 months to decide. Consented capacity: 129 MW. 1 application still awaiting a decision.
⚠️ Small caseload (6 decided). Percentages here move a lot with one more decision — read them as indicative, not as a reliable rate.
How Renfrewshire compares
Against the 137 UK authorities with 5+ battery storage decisions, Renfrewshire sits in the 17th percentile for approval rate (9 points below the England average) and the 63rd percentile for speed.
Decisions by year
Battery storage decisions by the year the decision was issued (Renewable Energy Planning Database). Withdrawn and still-undecided applications are excluded, so a short bar can mean a quiet year rather than a strict council.
Every recorded scheme (8)
| Scheme | MW | Status | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
Laigh Park Water Treatment Works - Battery Energy Storage System Bluestone Energy · 25/0779/PP | 49.5 | Application Submitted | 2025-09-18 |
Middleton Road, Linwood - Battery Storage Scottish Water Horizons · 24/0248/PP · 9.3 mo to decide | — | Awaiting Construction | 2025-01-23 |
Barnwell, Wright Street - Battery Energy Storage P3P Partners Llp · 24/0153/PP · 3 mo to decide | 49.9 | Application Refused | 2024-05-28 |
Well Street - Battery Storage Larkfleet Group · 23/0018/PP · 3.2 mo to decide | 49.5 | Awaiting Construction | 2023-05-23 |
Glasgow Airport Solar Farm AGS Airports Limited · 22/0746/PP · 4.9 mo to decide | — | Under Construction | 2023-04-06 |
Neilston Greener Grid Park Statkraft UK LTD · 21/0034/PP · 15.2 mo to decide | 50 | Under Construction | 2022-04-28 |
Land SW of Shilton Cottage Muirhall Energy · 18/0286/PP | 29.9 | Planning Permission Expired | 2018-04-19 |
Land off Shilton Lane Flexible Grid Power · 17/0592/PP | 19 | Abandoned | 2017-08-21 |
Does Renfrewshire approve battery storage schemes?
Yes — of the 6 battery storage schemes Renfrewshire has decided, 83% were approved (5 granted, 1 refused). The UK-wide rate for battery storage is 92%. Note this is a small caseload, so treat the percentage as indicative rather than statistically robust.
How long does a battery storage scheme application take in Renfrewshire?
The median time from application to decision is 4.9 months, against a UK median of 6 months for battery storage. That is measured between the submission and decision dates recorded in REPD, so it reflects the whole determination period including any extensions.
How much battery storage capacity has Renfrewshire consented?
129 MW has been consented across 5 approved schemes, with 50 MW refused. A further 1 application awaits a decision.
Other technologies in Renfrewshire
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0 — 2026 Q1 extract. Approval rate is over decided applications only (approved ÷ approved+refused); withdrawn and undecided schemes are excluded. A permission later expired still counts as approved because consent was granted. REPD covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above, is published quarterly, and does not record refusal reasons — so nothing here explains why a scheme was refused. Screening context for site selection, not planning advice.
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