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Major Development: Proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with a capacity of around 29.9MW involving battery containers, a substation and related electrical equipment and associated ancillary infrastructure including new access track, existing access track improvements, surface water drainage/SuDS, perimeter fencing with lighting/CCTV and landscape planting.

Land South Of Coylton Substation

DecidedReference: 23/0012/PREAPPEast Ayrshire

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Application summary

Status
Decided
Application type
Pre-Application
Received
25 Jul 2023
Validated
25 Jul 2023
Determination deadline
15 Aug 2023
Local authority
East Ayrshire

Application overview

Major Development: Proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with a capacity of around 29.9MW involving battery containers, a substation and related electrical equipment and associated ancillary infrastructure including new access track, existing access track improvements, surface water drainage/SuDS, perimeter fencing with lighting/CCTV and landscape planting.

Proposal details

Reference
23/0012/PREAPP
Ward
Doon Valley
Agent
Savills

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Application location

Land South Of Coylton Substation

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DocumentPublishedAction
Decision letterDecision Notices · PDF15 Aug 2023View
Proposal of application noticeApplication Form · PDF25 Jul 2023View
Description of proposalApplication Form · PDF25 Jul 2023View
Location planDrawing · PDF25 Jul 2023View

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