Wednesday March 20th 2024
An application is under consideration for the construction of a BESS on land west of the Eccles Substation in Mid-Berwickshire.
Members of Scottish Borders Council planning committee will be recommended not to object to a new Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) near to a Berwickshire village when they meet next week.
An application is under consideration for the construction of a BESS on land west of the Eccles Substation in Mid-Berwickshire.
Scottish Borders Council is being asked whether it wants to object to the application but the ultimate say on its go-ahead lies with the Governments’s Energy Consent Unit (ECU).
The development will not generate electricity, instead, it provides a location where it can be imported, stored and exported to meet the demands of the electricity grid network.
Land around the Eccles substation has recently attracted other BESS developments and the Eccles substation also received planning approval for a extension so it can accommodate increased electricity demands.
A report, to be presented to members of SBC’s Planning and Building Standards Committee on Monday, March 25, says: “The development would contribute towards meeting Scottish Government national energy targets and the transition towards net zero.
“The proposal would result in some minor landscape and visual impacts, but these will be localised and will not result in unacceptable adverse impacts, subject to suitable landscaping/boundary treatments and agreement of the final appearance of the equipment.”
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