Appleford (300 MW battery storage)
Appleford is a 300 MW battery storage project in Vale of White Horse, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 8 August 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 10 February 2026.
300 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
10 February 2026record last updated
Vale of White Horsecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 January 2025 | Application submitted |
| 8 August 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 8 August 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 300 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 10 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- TBC 001 Limited
- Planning authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Planning application reference
- P25/V0149/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- S/O B4016 Appleford
- Council area (by location)
- Vale of White Horse
- Time to decision
- 27 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Appleford - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 17837
Who decides
| Applications | Vale of White Horse | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 31 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 25 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land adjacent to Culham Science Centre | solar farm | 7 | abandoned | 2.4 |
| Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtenay | solar farm | 24 | application submitted | 2.5 |
| Culham Science Centre | battery storage | 250 | abandoned | 3.0 |
| Culham Science Centre, Clifton Hampden | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 3.6 |
| Burcot Farm Battery Storage | battery storage | 49.9 | application withdrawn | 5.2 |
| Burcot Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.2 |
| Wally Corner Landfill Site | solar farm | 7 | operational | 6.3 |
| Reading Road | solar farm | 25 | application withdrawn | 6.9 |
| Goose Willow Farm - extension | solar farm | 7 | operational | 7.3 |
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 (51.6323, -1.243).