Admiralty Road (50 MW battery storage)
Admiralty Road is a 50 MW battery storage project in Great Yarmouth, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 10 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 29 July 2025.
50 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
29 July 2025record last updated
Great Yarmouthcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 25 April 2024 | Application submitted |
| 10 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 10 July 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 29 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Abbey Power Solution Limited
- Planning authority
- Great Yarmouth
- Planning application reference
- 06/24/0123/F
- Address (REPD)
- South & E/o Admiralty Road, South Denes, Great Yarmouth
- Council area (by location)
- Great Yarmouth
- Time to decision
- 63 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Admiralty Road - Battery Energy Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 16394
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Admiralty Road 06/21/0672/LDO | 49.9 | 3 August 2021 | replaced by a revised application |
Who decides
| Applications | Great Yarmouth | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 16 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (12%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 9 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 5 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 12.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashby Dell, Border Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 6.0 |
| Nova Scotia Farm solar park | solar farm | 13.9 | operational | 8.7 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (52.5859, 1.7316).