Planning application · Solar · Midlothian

Hawthornden Castle - Solar PV Array

Awaiting Construction0.2 MWApplication 23/00685/DPPSubmitted 27 October 2023Granted 9 April 2024

In the evidence packnearest refused scheme •• kmShown in the pack

The application

Application number: 23/00685/DPP
Planning authority: Midlothian
County or area: Lothian
Nation: Scotland
Technology: Solar
Capacity: 0.2 MW
Status: Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
Operator or applicant: Hawthornden Literary Retreat
Location: Hawthornden Castle, Polton Road West, Lasswade, EH18 1EG

Timeline

27 October 2023 Planning application submitted
9 April 2024 Planning permission granted
9 April 2027 Planning permission expired Date as recorded in the register

Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site

The pack for this site lists 89 comparable solar incidents in the United Kingdom, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-1238, Leak from solar heating system at Carnegie Leisure Centre Dunfermline, 31 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-1238	2019	Leak from solar heating system at Carnegie Leisure Centre Dunfermline	31 km	Minor
EIR-2016	2022	Solar panel fire evacuates Hawick High School	54 km	Significant
EIR-1476	2026	House fire reported to have started on solar panels in Carnoustie	76 km	Significant
••••••••	••••	••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••	••••	••••••
••••••••	••••	••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••	••••	••••••
••••••••	••••	••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••	••••	••••••
••••••••	••••	••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••	••••	••••••
••••••••	••••	••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••	••••	••••••

The first 3 rows as the pack shows them. The other 86 are in the pack, each with its distance, sources and the fire service guidance it bears on.

The map

Summary for this site

This part of the pack is written for this site and opens with the pack. This part of the pack is written for this site and opens with the pack. This part of the pack is written for this site and opens with the pack.

Paragraphs for the planning statement

In the full pack

What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

The pack is made for Hawthornden Castle - Solar PV Array from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.

Incidents within 50 km: •••
Nearest recorded incident: ••••••
UK grid-scale incidents, with NFCC notes: ••••
Schemes refused within 40 km: •••
Nearest refused scheme: ••••••••••••
Appeals within 40 km: •••
Decisions in Midlothian: ••••••••
Sites of a similar size, worldwide: ••••
NFCC guidance points: ••••••••
Sources and citations: ••••••••••

Launch price: £145 until 31 October (normally £295). By email in minutes. The order form arrives filled in from this application.

Get the full planning pack Download a sample pack (PDF)

Alerts for applications near here

An email when another battery, solar or wind application near EH18 1EG is added or decided, or an incident is recorded nearby. Free, nothing else, one click to stop.

By signing up you agree to the privacy policy. UK planning data is from the government's planning database, updated monthly.

Want to see a pack first? Download a sample pack (PDF). It is an example pack for a 50 MW battery project in Lincolnshire, with every section and the first rows of each table.

The site's own page has its map, the energy sites around it and anyone can follow it for changes. Every planning application. Every application in Midlothian.

Data updated 3 August 2026 from the Renewable Energy Planning Database (DESNZ), published quarterly.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero). The dataset. The register adds only the incidents and the counts.