Power plant · South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Newton Farm, Westburn Road - Battery Storage Facility
Newton Farm, Westburn Road - Battery Storage Facility is a cancelled battery storage plant in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, operated by Apatura – GPC 676 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 | South Lanarkshire (coordinates), Scotland | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 310m Ne/O Newhouse Farm, Newton Farm, Westburn Road, Cambuslang, G72 7UZ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 4 Jul 2025 (reference P/25/0758, planning authority South Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Feb 2026 (refused, reference P/25/0758, planning authority South Lanarkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Apatura – GPC 676 Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.8217, -4.1166 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit refused (planning authority South Lanarkshire, reference P/25/0758)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Lanarkshire, reference P/25/0758)
How it compares
Newton Farm, Westburn Road - Battery Storage Facility is the 288th-largest of 1,340 power plants in Scotland and the 872nd-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 288th of 1,340 | 46,467 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 872nd of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,455th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 10 substations, 9 grid connections (4 operating, 26.9 MW) and 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asanti Hamilton | Data center | — | — | 4.7 km |
| DataVita DV2 | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| DataVita DV1 | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Generating Station grid connection | Grid connection | 21.4 MW | Operating | 25 km |
| Killearn Primary | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Shelloch B Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 31 km |
| Strathleven GSP | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Drymen Primary | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Auchencarroch Energy Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.04 MW | Operating | 34 km |
Operator and place
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- Moray West Offshore Wind Farm Project882 MW
- Auchentiber Road - Battery Energy Storage System700 MW
Data on this page
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- 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.
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