Burton Wood Farm, Spring Lane (320 MW battery storage)
Burton Wood Farm, Spring Lane is a 320 MW battery storage project in Gedling, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 27 March 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 31 March 2026.
320 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
31 March 2026record last updated
Gedlingcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 May 2024 | Application submitted |
| 27 March 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 27 March 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 320 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 31 March 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Grenergy Renewables
- Planning authority
- Gedling
- Planning application reference
- 2024/0269
- Address (REPD)
- Burton Wood Farm, Spring Lane, Lambley, Nottingham
- Council area (by location)
- Gedling
- Time to decision
- 47 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Burton Wood Farm, Spring Lane - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 16085
Who decides
| Applications | Gedling | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 11 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (9%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 7 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 1 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 40.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gedling Solar Farm | solar farm | 5.7 | operational | 0.8 |
| Stragglethorpe Road farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.5 |
| Heron Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 8.4 |
| Cotmoor Lane | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 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 (52.993, -1.072).