Coxmoor Wood, Crondall Road (57 MW battery storage)
Coxmoor Wood, Crondall Road is a 57 MW battery storage project in Hart, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 22 April 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 13 May 2024.
57 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
13 May 2024record last updated
Hartcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 April 2023 | Application submitted |
| 22 April 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 22 April 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 57 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 13 May 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Fleet Green Limited
- Planning authority
- Hart
- Planning application reference
- 23/00823/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- North of Coxmoor Wood, off Crondall Road, Crookham Village
- Council area (by location)
- Hart
- Time to decision
- 55 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Coxmoor Wood, Crondall Road - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 13728
Who decides
| Applications | Hart | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 18 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (28%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 10 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 34.8 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | application withdrawn | 1.4 |
| Blue Bell Lodge, Rye Common Lane | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Crondall Road, Crondall - Fleet Bramley Battery Energy Storage | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 1.5 |
| Rye Common | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 1.6 |
| Bowenhurst Farm, Mill Lane | battery storage | 100 | refused | 1.7 |
| Hungerford Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.3 |
| Penn Croft Farm, Crondall | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 3.2 |
| Taplins Farm solar park | solar farm | 5.9 | operational | 3.3 |
| Trimmers Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | refused on appeal | 4.8 |
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 (51.2612, -0.8661).