Battery Storage and Planning
Recorded Wednesday 3rd December 2025
This webinar launched a report and research that APRS carried out on Battery Storage Policy and decision making in the Planning System. We hear about battery energy storage policy, the research methodology, and some of the findings from the report. We also look into concerns about how Planning Conditions are being applied.
Guest speakers
Katie Woodward, APRS Volunteer talks through battery energy storage policy in this webinar. Katie wrote the policy sections of the report, created the visualisations, figures and maps, and did the GIS work.
Cameron Luck, APRS Volunteer runs through the methodology of the research. Cameron spent countless hours bringing together the huge spreadsheet of data and searching through planning portals in order to read reams of paperwork for each consented installation.
Dr Kat Jones, APRS Director goes through some of the findings from the report, and looks into concerns about how Planning Conditions are being applied. Kat did the data analysis, key takeaways, summary, discussion and recommendations in the report.
Supporting documents
The slides from the presentations can be viewed and/or downloaded below.
Useful Links
A number of websites and resources were mentioned in the webinar.
Read the report
Battery Energy Storage Systems and Planning – Full Report
This report gives the full findings from a research project carried out by APRS between August and November 2025, into Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in Scotland
Battery Energy Storage Systems and Planning – Summary Report
This report summarises the findings from a research project carried out by APRS between August and November 2025, into Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in Scotland.
Past and future webinars
We are running four webinars as part of our 2025-26 Winter Webinar Series, culminating in an in-person day event in April 2026.