Dellsome Power Hatfield Grid Station Energy storage facility (5 MW)
Dellsome Power Hatfield Grid Station Energy storage facility is a 5 MW battery storage project in Welwyn Hatfield, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 9 July 2021, not yet built; the record was last updated on 13 May 2021. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 9 July 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 9 July 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 April 2021 | Application submitted |
| 9 July 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 9 July 2024 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 13 May 2021
- Operator or applicant
- AMP Energy Services Limited
- Planning authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Planning application reference
- 6/2021/1020/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- Dellsome Power Hatfield Grid Station, Dellsome Lane, St. Albans
- Council area (by location)
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Time to decision
- 11 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Dellsome Power Hatfield Grid Station - Energy storage facility
- REPD reference
- 9019
Who decides
| Applications | Welwyn Hatfield | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 15 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 8 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tollgate Farm Battery Storage | battery storage | 49.5 | under construction | 0.2 |
| Tollgate Farm, Welham Green Solar Farm | solar farm | 16 | application submitted | 0.4 |
| Potters Bar Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.8 |
| Land At Swanland Road | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.6 |
| Wrotham Park | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 4.7 |
| Stanborough, Hatfield | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
| Welwyn Power Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 5 | approved, not built | 7.9 |
| Butterfly Lane, Elstree BESS | battery storage | 99.9 | appeal lodged | 7.9 |
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 (51.7364, -0.2394).