Planning Application
The Section 36 application for consent to the Scottish Government (Ref: ECU00005049) submitted in January 2025, for the Bishops Dal Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) proposal, has now been validated.Electronic copies of the planning application and accompanying documents can be viewed or downloaded by clicking on the links below.
Public Notice (published in the Southern Reporter, Edinburgh Gazette and The Scotsman newspapers)
Screening Opinion of the Scottish Ministers
Planning, Design and Access Statement
Pre-Application Consultation Report (PAC)
Figures
- Site Location Plan
- Auxiliary Transformer
- Battery Storage Enclosure
- BESS Substation Building
- Capacitor Bank
- DNO Substation Building
- Harmonic Filter
- Infrastructure Layout
- Infrastructure Layout Elevation View (revised October 2025)
- LV Feeder Pillar & Aggregation Panel Details
- Power Conversion System & Transformer
- Pre Insertion Resistor
- Site Entrance Visibility Splay (Primary Site Entrance)
- Spares Storage Container
- Substation Compound
- Typical Acoustic Fence Details
- Typical Drainage Details
- Typical Lighting & CCTV Column
- Typical LV Equipment Enclosure
- Typical Security Fence Details
- Typical Stock Proof Fence
- Typical Water Channel Crossing Culvert
Arboricultural Impact Assessment
Archaeology and Built Heritage Assessment
Construction Traffic Management Plan
Flood Risk Screening and Drainage Management Plan
Land Capability Classification for Agriculture
Landscape and Visual Appraisal (LVA)
- Appendix 1 - LVIA methodology (non-EIA)
- Appendix 2 - Landscape masterplan
- Appendix 3 - Photographic record
- Appendix 4 - Photomontage Viewpoint 1, A697 (at Eccles Substation)
- Appendix 4 - Photomontage Viewpoint 2, A697 (near Puncheon Bridge)
- Appendix 4 - Photomontage Viewpoint 6, A697 (at Bankhead Wood)
- LVA Figures
Outline Construction Environmental Management Plan
Site location plan
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Infrastructure plan
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Landscape masterplan
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Additional Information
In October 2025 RES submitted additional information in response to queries raised by Scottish Borders Council. Electronic copies of the additional information can be viewed or downloaded by clicking on the links below.In addition, a hard copy of the planning application is available for public viewing at Coldstream Library, Gateway Centre, 73 High Street, Coldstream, TD12 4AE. Please contact the library for opening times.
A statutory consultation period was held by the ECU to enable the public, as well as key consultees, to submit formal representations on the proposal. The closing date for representations was 19 April 2025. Feedback will be assessed against the proposals and a determination made by Scottish Ministers.