Ash Farm, Charlton Road (10 MW battery storage)
Ash Farm, Charlton Road is a 10 MW battery storage project in Somerset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 13 December 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 25 February 2025.
10 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
25 February 2025record last updated
Somersetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 31 May 2024 | Application submitted |
| 13 December 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 13 December 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 25 February 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Ash Farm Solar Limited
- Planning authority
- Somerset
- Planning application reference
- 2024/0795/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Ash Farm, Charlton Road, Holcombe, Radstock
- Council area (by location)
- Somerset
- Time to decision
- 28 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Ash Farm, Charlton Road - Battery Storage System
- REPD reference
- 14026
The scheme also includes 5 MW of solar farm, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Somerset | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 185 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 46 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 34 of 153 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 9 of 10 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 22 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 14.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 17 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Tyning Farm | solar farm | 5.8 | refused on appeal | 2.3 |
| Midsomer Norton | battery storage | 6 | under construction | 3.7 |
| Parcel 2882, Water Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 9.2 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| Solar Park - Whitchurch Farm | solar farm | 6.5 | operational | 4.9 |
| Lodge Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | under construction | 6.6 |
| Hurlingpot Farm | solar farm | 5.3 | refused on appeal | 8.4 |
| Shooters Bottom Solar Park | solar farm | 7 | operational | 8.5 |
| Holwell Hill | solar farm | 6 | operational | 8.7 |
| The Flatts | solar | 6.8 | refused | 9.1 |
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 (51.2585, -2.4645).