Power plant · Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
Farm at Lower Polmaise
Farm at Lower Polmaise is a cancelled power plant in Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by Stirling Council.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Stirling (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 485M South East of, Lower Polmaise Refuse Handling, Fallin, Stirling, Central, Scotland, FK7 7LU | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 8 Oct 2015 (permit 15/00492/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Stirling) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Sept 2015 (reference 15/00492/FUL, planning authority Stirling) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Oct 2015 (granted, reference 15/00492/FUL, planning authority Stirling) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Stirling Council | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 19.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.1184, -3.8736 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit expired
- Permit granted (planning authority Stirling, reference 15/00492/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Stirling, reference 15/00492/FUL)
How it compares
Farm at Lower Polmaise is the 755th-largest of 1,196 power plants in Scotland and the 2,742nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 755th of 1,196 | 34,589 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,742nd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 8,380th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 49 grid connections (21 operating, 225 MW), 35 substations and 12 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunblane Primary | Substation | — | — | 10.0 km |
| Windburn Wind Farm 75MW Wind, 35MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 110 MW | Planned | 14 km |
| Patrickston Farm - PV + Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 15.9 MW | Planned | 14 km |
| Kierallan Farm Solar & Storage 50MW grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 16 km |
| Braco West GSP | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Kippen Primary | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Edinburgh SC-3 | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| Sungard Availability Services | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
Operator and place
More from Stirling Council
- Manor Powis5 MW
- Forthside Way - Battery Storage Unit1 MW · permitted
- Farm At Lower Polmaise grid connection5 MW
Other power plants in Scotland
- Seagreen1,075 MW
- Moray East950 MW
- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Lewis Wind Farm (Barvas Moor)652 MW
- Beatrice588 MW
- Neart na Gaoithe450 MW
- Viking Wind Farm443 MW
- Cruachan440 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.