Boxgrove Common, Tinwood Lane (70 MW battery storage)
Boxgrove Common, Tinwood Lane is a 70 MW battery storage project in Chichester, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 23 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 26 August 2025.
70 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
26 August 2025record last updated
Chichestercouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 25 September 2024 | Application submitted |
| 23 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 23 July 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 70 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 26 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Net Zero Fifteen Limited
- Planning authority
- Chichester
- Planning application reference
- 24/02040/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Boxgrove Common Tinwood Lane Eartham
- Council area (by location)
- Chichester
- Time to decision
- 43 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Boxgrove Common, Tinwood Lane - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 17294
Who decides
| Applications | Chichester | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 25 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 24 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 1 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 12.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land at Tangmere Airfield | solar farm | 5 | operational | 1.9 |
| Oving Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.1 |
| Strettington Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.1 |
| Decoy Farm House Solar Modules | solar farm | 6 | operational | 3.7 |
| Former Westhampnett Landfill | solar farm | 7.5 | operational | 4.3 |
| Manor Farm - Shripney | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.3 |
| Merston Solar Park | solar farm | 10 | operational | 5.8 |
| Bilsham Farm | solar farm | 14.5 | operational | 6.5 |
| Binsted Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.5 |
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 (50.8622, -0.6868).