The developer of a battery energy storage site in Nairn will have to update its design before the project can go ahead. Picture: SPPWhirlwind Energy Storage Limited was granted planning permission to build the Househill battery energy storage system (BESS) in Nairn in February 2023, but the company missed a deadline requiring it to begin construction within three years of that date. However, during a discussion by the council's south planning committee on Thursday (August 6) it was agreed the extension would be given - but an additional condition added. Picture: Highland CouncilHe recalled that when the plans first came to the committee BESS seemed like a“brave new world”, but since the updated guidance he was “not at all convinced" a single access point would be sufficient. It is to be located 1.7km from the centre of Nairn and around 200 metres from Househill.