Braybrooke Battery Energy Storage System (500 MW)
Braybrooke Battery Energy Storage System is a 500 MW battery storage project in North Northamptonshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 16 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 28 October 2025.
500 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
28 October 2025record last updated
North Northamptonshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 16 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 500 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 28 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Aura Power Developments Limited
- Planning authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Planning application reference
- 25/00712/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Kettering Road, Harborough Road, Braybrooke, Market Harborough
- Council area (by location)
- North Northamptonshire
- REPD reference
- 19671
Who decides
| Applications | North Northamptonshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 68 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 11 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 44 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 11 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 13 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braybrooke Village North, Harborough Road | battery storage | 252 | application submitted | 0.8 |
| Eckland Lodge Farm, Braybrooke | battery storage | 500 | application submitted | 1.9 |
| Airfield Farm (Leicestershire) | wind farm | 7.5 | refused | 5.5 |
| Gaultney Solar Park | solar farm | 20.5 | operational | 6.1 |
| RAF Desborough | solar farm | 49.9 | permission expired | 6.2 |
| Land at Meadow Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.6 |
| Draughton Maidwell Wind Farm | wind farm | 21 | refused on appeal | 7.4 |
| Kelmarsh Wind Farm (Resubmission) | wind farm | 12.5 | operational | 8.2 |
| New Albion Wind Farm | wind farm | 14.4 | operational | 8.9 |
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 (52.4612, -0.8859).