Power plant · Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lochhead Farmouse, Lochhead - Solar Photovoltaic Array
Lochhead Farmouse, Lochhead - Solar Photovoltaic Array is a permitted power plant in Angus, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by Laird Aggregates Limited.
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 | Angus (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 150m N/O Lochhead Farmouse, Lochhead, Forfar, DD8 2RL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 2 Sept 2025 (permit 25/00331/FULL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Jun 2025 (reference 25/00331/FULL, planning authority Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Sept 2025 (granted, reference 25/00331/FULL, planning authority Angus) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Laird Aggregates Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1 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 | 0.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 56.6485, -2.8405 | 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 granted (planning authority Angus, reference 25/00331/FULL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Angus, reference 25/00331/FULL)
How it compares
Lochhead Farmouse, Lochhead - Solar Photovoltaic Array is the 730th-largest of 742 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Scotland and the 2,458th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 730th of 742 | 93,216 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,458th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,691st of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 108 grid connections (33 operating, 497 MW) and 72 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landfill gas 1.9 MW grid connection at Lunanhead | Grid connection | 1.9 MW | Operating | 0.3 km |
| Land OFF the B9134 - Electrical Energy grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| Land OFF the B9134 - BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| Lunanhead Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Lunanhead GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Lochside Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- 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.