Current status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 17 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many Section 36 onshore energy generation project applications are currently live and awaiting determination by the Energy Consents Unit, broken down by (a) technology type, including onshore wind, solar and battery energy storage systems, and (b) local authority area.
Details of Section 36 applications in each local authority area currently live and awaiting determination by the Scottish Ministers are as follows:
Local Planning Authority | Technology Type | Total Number |
Aberdeenshire | Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) | 1 |
| Gas | 1 |
Argyll and Bute | Wind Farm | 2 |
Dumfires and Galloway | Wind Farm | 4 |
Edinburgh | Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) | 1 |
Fife | Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) | 1 |
| Hybrid (Solar and Battery) | 1 |
Glasgow City | Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) | 1 |
Highland | Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) | 2 |
| Wind Farm | 6 |
Midlothian | Wind Farm | 1 |
Moray | Wind Farm | 1 |
North Lanarkshire | Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) | 1 |
Perth and Kinross | Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) | 1 |
| Hybrid (Solar and Battery) | 1 |
| Wind Farm | 1 |
Scottish Borders | Wind Farm | 1 |
South Ayrshire | Wind Farm | 1 |
South Lanarkshire | Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) | 2 |
| Hybrid (Solar and Battery) | 1 |
| Hybrid (Wind, Solar and Battery) | 1 |