In May 2025, RES submitted a planning application for the 49.9MW Bonnyknox Solar Farm located on land at Fallows Farm, Arbirlot, approximately 5km west of Arbroath.

Further Environmental Information (FEI) was submitted in support of the application in July 2026.

Electronic copies of the planning application and FEI can be viewed or downloaded by clicking on the links below.

Reasons to support the Bonnyknox Solar Farm proposal

If, having read the above, you would like to support the project, or submit any kind of representation, you can do so by submitting a comment online via the Angus Council planning portal. The planning reference is 25/00339/FULM and should be included in all correspondence. 

Further Environmental Information – July 2026

• Addendum Report
• Appendix A - Angus Council Formal Comments Received on Bonnyknox Solar Farm
• Appendix B - Infrastructure Layout
• Appendix C - Infrastructure Layout Enlargement
• Appendix D - Updated Figure 13 - Substation Layout Plan and Elevations
• Appendix E - Updated Illustrative Landscape Masterplan
• Appendix F - LVA Visualisations Viewpoint 1
• Appendix F - LVA Visualisations Viewpoint 2
• Appendix F - LVA Visualisations Viewpoint 6
• Appendix G - Cross-section Drawings
• Appendix H - Cumulative Landscape Assessment
• Appendix I - Cumulative Prime Agricultural Land Addendum Note
• Appendix J - Community Wealth Building Plan

Planning application – May 2025

Planning Statement

Planning Design and Access Statement

Pre-Application Consultation (PAC) report

Figures

• • Figure 1 - Site Location Plan
  • Figure 2 - Site Location Map
  • Figure 3 - Field Numbers
  • Figure 4 - Infrastructure Layout (superseded by FEI - July 26)
  • Figure 5 - Infrastructure Layout Enlargement (superseded by FEI - July 26)
  • Figure 6 - Typical Access Track Detail
  • Figure 7 - Typical Temporary Construction Compound
  • Figure 8 - Typical PV Module and Rack Detail
  • Figure 9 - Typical Security Fence Detail
  • Figure 10 - Typical Security CCTV Detail
  • Figure 11 - Typical Deer Fence Detail
  • Figure 12 - Typical Inverter Substation
  • Figure 13 - DNO Substation Plan and Elevations (superseded by FEI - July 26)

Agricultural Land Classification

Arboricultural Impact Assessment

Acoustic Assessment

Cultural Heritage Assessment

Preliminary Ecological Assessment Report

Flood Risk Assessment and Drainage Impact Assessment

Glint and Glare Assessment

Landscape and Visual Assessment (LVA)

• • Appendix A: Methodology

  • Appendix B: Figures

  • Appendix C: Photomontages
    • Viewpoint 1 (superseded by FEI - July 26)
    • Viewpoint 2 (superseded by FEI - July 26)
    • Viewpoint 6 (superseded by FEI - July 26)

Illustrative Landscape Masterplan (superseded by FEI - July 26)

Transport Statement - Including Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP)

^{1 The homes figure has been calculated by taking the predicted annual electricity generation of the site (using an average solar capacity factor of 11.2%) and dividing this by the annual average electricity figures from DESNZ showing that the annual GB average domestic household consumption is 3,239 kWh (January 2024).}

^{2 RES uses DESNZ’s “all non-renewable fuels” emissions statistic of 424 tonnes of carbon dioxide per GWh of electricity supplied in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics (July 2023) Table 5.14 (“Estimated carbon dioxide emissions from electricity supplied”) to calculate carbon reduction. Carbon reduction is calculated by multiplying the total amount of electricity generated by the solar farm per year by the number of tonnes of carbon which fossil fuels would have produced to generate the same amount of electricity.}