Barton Hill Industrial Park (22.5 MW battery storage)
Barton Hill Industrial Park is a 22.5 MW battery storage project in Torbay, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 21 December 2023; the record was last updated on 5 June 2026.
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operationalstatus in REPD
5 June 2026record last updated
Torbaycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 May 2021 | Application submitted |
| 5 July 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 25 July 2022 | Construction started |
| 21 December 2023 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 22.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 5 June 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Power Initiatives Limited
- Planning authority
- Torbay
- Planning application reference
- P/2021/0345
- Address (REPD)
- Barton Hill Industrial Park, Barton Hill Way, Torquay
- Council area (by location)
- Torbay
- Time to decision
- 9 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Barton Hill Industrial Park - Battery Energy Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 9046
Who decides
Torbay has 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Court Barton Farm, Coffinswell Solar Farm | solar farm | 21 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Rydon Farm | solar farm | 12 | operational | 6.8 |
| Waye Barton | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 7.5 |
| Higher Humber Farm | solar farm | 5.9 | refused on appeal | 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 (50.4867, -3.5442).