Crondall Road, Crondall - Fleet Bramley Battery Energy Storage (99.9 MW)
Crondall Road, Crondall - Fleet Bramley Battery Energy Storage is a 99.9 MW battery storage project in Hart, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 22 August 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 11 September 2025.
99.9 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
11 September 2025record last updated
Hartcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 9 January 2025 | Application submitted |
| 22 August 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 22 August 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 99.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 11 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Cragside Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Hart
- Planning application reference
- 24/02491/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- West Side Of Crondall Road, Crondall, Farnham
- Council area (by location)
- Hart
- Time to decision
- 32 weeks
- REPD reference
- 16472
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowenhurst Farm, Mill Lane | battery storage | 100 | refused | 0.8 |
| Blue Bell Lodge, Rye Common Lane | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 0.9 |
| Rye Common | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 1.0 |
| Fleet Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | application withdrawn | 1.3 |
| Coxmoor Wood, Crondall Road | battery storage | 57 | approved, not built | 1.5 |
| Penn Croft Farm, Crondall | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 2.4 |
| Hungerford Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.7 |
| Taplins Farm solar park | solar farm | 5.9 | operational | 4.7 |
| Marsh House Solar Park | solar farm | 5.5 | operational | 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 (51.2483, -0.862).