Burghfield Road, Southcote (7.4 MW battery storage)
Burghfield Road, Southcote is a 7.4 MW battery storage project in Reading, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 19 June 2024; the record was last updated on 8 July 2024.
7.4 MWbattery storage
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
8 July 2024record last updated
Readingcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 September 2023 | Application submitted |
| 19 June 2024 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 7.4 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 8 July 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Renepower Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Reading
- Planning application reference
- 231000
- Address (REPD)
- W/O Burghfield Road, Southcote, Reading
- Council area (by location)
- Reading
- Name in REPD
- Burghfield Road, Southcote - Battery Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 15909
Who decides
| Applications | Reading | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 10 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 0 (0%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 10 | 12% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 8.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motorway Service Area, Burghfield Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 1.5 |
| Pingewood Road South | solar farm | 15.8 | operational | 2.1 |
| Sulhamstead Solar Field - Stud Farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 4.3 |
| Bloomfield Hatch Farm Solar Farm & Battery | solar farm | 25.8 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
| Sheepbridge Court Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.6 |
| Solar Array at Spencers Wood Solar Farm Land north of Sheepbridge Court Farm Basingstoke Road Swallowfield | solar farm | 28 | approved, not built | 7.1 |
| Rushy Mead (University of Reading) | wind farm | 12 | refused | 7.2 |
| Aborfield Solar Park | solar farm | 14 | under construction | 8.8 |
| Bath Road, Grange Lane | solar farm | 12 | approved, not built | 9.5 |
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 (51.4363, -1.0199).