Dorking Battery Energy Storage System (6 MW)
Dorking Battery Energy Storage System is a 6 MW battery storage project in Mole Valley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 31 July 2020; the record was last updated on 31 July 2020.
6 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
31 July 2020record last updated
Mole Valleycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 July 2016 | Application submitted |
| 15 January 2017 | Construction started |
| 31 July 2020 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 31 July 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Grid Battery Storage (GBSL)
- Planning authority
- Mole Valley
- Planning application reference
- MO/2016/1168
- Address (REPD)
- Milton Court Farm, Milton Court Lane, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 3LY
- Council area (by location)
- Mole Valley
- REPD reference
- 6909
Who decides
Mole Valley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsham Road | solar | 5 | refused on appeal | 7.1 |
| Little Flanchford Farm, Flanchford Road Solar Energy | solar farm | 20 | application submitted | 8.2 |
| Mynthurst Farm | solar farm | 13.4 | refused on appeal | 8.4 |
| Cobham Road, Bookham Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.5 | approved, not built | 8.8 |
| Barnett Wood Lane | battery storage | 98 | approved, not built | 9.1 |
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 (51.2304, -0.3548).