Barnett Wood Lane (98 MW battery storage)
Barnett Wood Lane is a 98 MW battery storage project in Mole Valley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 24 September 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 7 November 2025.
98 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
7 November 2025record last updated
Mole Valleycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 November 2024 | Application submitted |
| 24 September 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 24 September 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 98 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 7 November 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Bluestone Energy
- Planning authority
- Mole Valley
- Planning application reference
- 24/02168/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Northwest of Barnett Wood Lane
- Council area (by location)
- Mole Valley
- Time to decision
- 46 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Barnett Wood Lane - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12919
Who decides
Mole Valley has 9 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fair Oak Lane | battery storage | 49.9 | refused on appeal | 3.6 |
| Cobham Road, Bookham Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.5 | approved, not built | 3.8 |
| Rushett Lane | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 5.6 |
| London’s Queen Elizabeth II reservoir | floating solar | 6.3 | operational | 9.0 |
| Dorking Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 6 | operational | 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 (51.3092, -0.321).