Bath Road, Grange Lane (12 MW solar farm)
Bath Road, Grange Lane is a 12 MW solar farm project in West Berkshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 28 March 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 28 July 2025.
12 MWsolar farm
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
28 July 2025record last updated
West Berkshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 17 October 2024 | Application submitted |
| 28 March 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 28 March 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 12 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 28 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Grundon Waste Management Limited
- Planning authority
- West Berkshire
- Planning application reference
- 24/01899/FULMAJ
- Site area
- 9.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- N/O Bath Road, Bounded By Pips Way & Grange Lane, Beenham, Reading
- Council area (by location)
- West Berkshire
- Time to decision
- 23 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Bath Road, Grange Lane - Solar Photovoltaic Array
- REPD reference
- 14923
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | West Berkshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 33 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (21%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 25 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Works, Wasing Estate | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.9 |
| Sulhamstead Solar Field - Stud Farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
| Motorway Service Area, Burghfield Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 8.2 |
| Burghfield Road, Southcote | battery storage | 7.4 | application withdrawn | 9.5 |
| Pingewood Road South | solar farm | 15.8 | operational | 9.6 |
| Ash Lane, Little London | battery storage | 57 | approved, not built | 9.6 |
| Withy Place, Bramley Road | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 9.7 |
| Frog Lane, Little London | battery storage | 115 | refused | 9.9 |
| Bloomfield Hatch Farm Solar Farm & Battery | solar farm | 25.8 | approved, not built | 9.9 |
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 (51.4156, -1.1526).