East Chickerell Court Farm (400 MW battery storage)
East Chickerell Court Farm is a 400 MW battery storage project in Dorset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 27 January 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 11 February 2025.
400 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
11 February 2025record last updated
Dorsetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 August 2023 | Application submitted |
| 27 January 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 27 January 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 400 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 11 February 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Statera Energy
- Planning authority
- Dorset
- Planning application reference
- P/FUL/2023/04657
- Address (REPD)
- East Chickerell Court Farm, Chickerell, Weymouth
- Council area (by location)
- Dorset
- Time to decision
- 76 weeks
- Name in REPD
- East Chickerell Court Farm - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 12651
Who decides
| Applications | Dorset | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 125 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 23 (18%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 15 of 105 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 5 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 15 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 6 / 6 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land at Newlands Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 0.3 |
| Coldharbour, Chickerell | battery storage | 60 | refused | 0.4 |
| Eweleaze Spinney | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.6 |
| Buckland Battery Storage | battery storage | 150 | refused | 1.8 |
| Nottington Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.0 |
| Corton Farm | solar farm | 10 | refused | 4.7 |
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 (50.6286, -2.4903).