Braybrooke Village North, Harborough Road (252 MW battery storage)
Braybrooke Village North, Harborough Road is a 252 MW battery storage project in North Northamptonshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 24 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 16 September 2025.
252 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
16 September 2025record last updated
North Northamptonshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 24 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 252 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 16 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Elmya Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Planning application reference
- 25/00810/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Braybrooke Village, North, Harborough Road, Market Harborough
- Council area (by location)
- North Northamptonshire
- Name in REPD
- Braybrooke Village North, Harborough Road - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 18956
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 Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 500 | application submitted | 0.8 |
| Eckland Lodge Farm, Braybrooke | battery storage | 500 | application submitted | 2.6 |
| Airfield Farm (Leicestershire) | wind farm | 7.5 | refused | 4.7 |
| Land at Meadow Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.9 |
| RAF Desborough | solar farm | 49.9 | permission expired | 6.7 |
| Gaultney Solar Park | solar farm | 20.5 | operational | 6.8 |
| Draughton Maidwell Wind Farm | wind farm | 21 | refused on appeal | 8.0 |
| Kelmarsh Wind Farm (Resubmission) | wind farm | 12.5 | operational | 8.4 |
| New Albion Wind Farm | wind farm | 14.4 | operational | 9.6 |
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 (52.4663, -0.8939).