Brockleaze, Neston Park Estate (450 MW battery storage)
Brockleaze, Neston Park Estate is a 450 MW battery storage project in Wiltshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 9 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 22 August 2025.
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application submittedstatus in REPD
22 August 2025record last updated
Wiltshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 9 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 450 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 22 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Grenergy Renewables UK Limited
- Planning authority
- Wiltshire
- Planning application reference
- PL/2025/05552
- Address (REPD)
- Neston Park Estate, Corsham
- Council area (by location)
- Wiltshire
- Name in REPD
- Brockleaze, Neston Park Estate - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 18670
Who decides
| Applications | Wiltshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 140 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 18 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 13 of 110 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 29 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 7 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melksham Substation East Storage | battery storage | 50 | operational | 2.4 |
| Manor Farm (Wiltshire) | solar farm | 6.3 | operational | 2.5 |
| Studley Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.9 |
| Norrington Common Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | operational | 3.2 |
| Wick Farm Melksham Substation | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 3.2 |
| Leechpool Farm, Norrington Battery Storage | battery storage | 13 | permission expired | 3.5 |
| Roundponds Farm Solar Park | solar farm | 13.5 | operational | 3.7 |
| Norrington Gate Farm, Broughton Gifford | battery storage | 150 | approved, not built | 4.0 |
| Little Chalfield Solar Farm | solar farm | 12 | refused on appeal | 4.2 |
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 (51.4105, -2.1833).