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Land 340M SW Of Balblair Quarry Balblair Beauly

23/03772/SCREScreening ApplicationsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 September 2023

Council decision: Screening Application EIA not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Construction of 49.9MW battery energy storeage system, including transformers, cooling and control units

Received
3 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Aird And Loch Ness
  1. Received3 Aug
  2. Validated3 Aug
  3. Consult.23 Aug
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land 340M SW Of Balblair Quarry Balblair Beauly. Highland has handled 1,466 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Highland's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 42 applications across Aird And Loch Ness.

97% of outline applications at Highland Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Screening Applications
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Kilmorack Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 August 2023
Consultation expiry
23 August 2023
Consultation start
9 August 2023
Consultation end
23 August 2023
Last date for comments
24 August 2023
Target decision date
24 August 2023
Permission expires
4 September 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Per James Lightbody 120 Bath Street Glasgow G2 2EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    3 Aug

    Construction of 49.9MW battery energy storeage system, including transformers, cooling and control units

    This applicationApprovedOutline23/03772/SCRE
  2. 2023
    28 Jul

    Proposed 49.9MW battery energy storage system (BESS)

    WithdrawnProposal of Application NoticeFiled alongside23/03651/PAN

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    7 Sep

    Installation of water storage tank

    PendingApplication26/03859/FUL

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