Blue Bell Lodge, Rye Common Lane (49.5 MW battery storage)
Blue Bell Lodge, Rye Common Lane is a 49.5 MW battery storage project in Hart, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 22 May 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 14 September 2023. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 22 May 2026, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 22 May 2026, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 January 2023 | Application submitted |
| 22 May 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 22 May 2026 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 14 September 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Pulse Clean Energy
- Planning authority
- Hart
- Planning application reference
- 22/02917/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Blue Bell Lodge Rye Common Lane Crondall
- Council area (by location)
- Hart
- Time to decision
- 16 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Blue Bell Lodge, Rye Common Lane - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12496
Who decides
| Applications | Hart | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 18 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (28%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 10 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 34.8 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rye Common | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 0.2 |
| Bowenhurst Farm, Mill Lane | battery storage | 100 | refused | 0.4 |
| Fleet Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | application withdrawn | 0.4 |
| Crondall Road, Crondall - Fleet Bramley Battery Energy Storage | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 0.9 |
| Coxmoor Wood, Crondall Road | battery storage | 57 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Penn Croft Farm, Crondall | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 1.8 |
| Hungerford Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.3 |
| Taplins Farm solar park | solar farm | 5.9 | operational | 4.3 |
| Fleet Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 47.5 | under construction | 5.0 |
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 (51.2498, -0.8753).