Bicker Fen Bess, Vicarage Drove (400 MW)
Bicker Fen Bess, Vicarage Drove is a 400 MW battery storage project in Boston, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 5 February 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 12 May 2025.
400 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
12 May 2025record last updated
Bostoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 10 October 2024 | Application submitted |
| 5 February 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 5 February 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 400 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 12 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- FRV TH Powertek Limited
- Planning authority
- Boston
- Planning application reference
- B/24/0415
- Address (REPD)
- Bicker Fen BESS, Land off Vicarage Drove, Bicker Fen
- Council area (by location)
- Boston
- Time to decision
- 17 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Bicker Fen Bess, Vicarage Drove - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 16628
Who decides
| Applications | Boston | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 19 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (5%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 14 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 14.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowbridge Road, Bicker Fen | solar farm | 75 | under construction | 1.0 |
| Bicker Drove | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 1.3 |
| Vicarage Drove Solar farm & Battery storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.5 |
| Bicker Fen | wind farm | 26.7 | operational | 1.6 |
| Little Hale Fen Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 4.0 |
| Little Hale Drove, Little Hale Fen | battery storage | 99 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| Heckington Fen Solar Park | solar farm | 500 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
| Nowhere Farm | solar farm | 8.1 | operational | 6.3 |
| Neslam Wind Farm | wind farm | 12 | application withdrawn | 7.7 |
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 (52.9282, -0.2001).