Caterham Bypass (12 MW battery storage)
Caterham Bypass is a 12 MW battery storage project in Tandridge, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 5 September 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 13 September 2024.
12 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
13 September 2024record last updated
Tandridgecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 November 2023 | Application submitted |
| 5 September 2024 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 12 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 13 September 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Ylem Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Tandridge
- Planning application reference
- 2023/1430
- Address (REPD)
- E/O Caterham Bypass, Caterham
- Council area (by location)
- Tandridge
- Time to decision
- 40 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Caterham Bypass - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 15574
Who decides
Tandridge has 9 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Layhams Road | battery storage | 250 | approved, not built | 7.5 |
| Biggin Hill Airport, Main Road | rooftop solar | 12 | under construction | 8.3 |
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 (51.288, -0.0675).