East Claydon Substation, East Claydon Road (500 MW battery storage)
East Claydon Substation, East Claydon Road is a 500 MW battery storage project in Buckinghamshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 28 April 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 1 July 2025.
500 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
1 July 2025record last updated
Buckinghamshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 April 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 500 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 1 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Statkraft UK Limited
- Planning authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Planning application reference
- 25/01297/APP
- Address (REPD)
- North Of East Claydon Substation East Claydon Road East Claydon
- Council area (by location)
- Buckinghamshire
- Name in REPD
- East Claydon Substation, East Claydon Road - Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 18957
Who decides
| Applications | Buckinghamshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 80 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 19 (24%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 14 of 68 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 6 / 7 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuckey Farm | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 1.0 |
| East Claydon Battery Energy Storage | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 1.9 |
| Hogshaw Road, Granborough | battery storage | 99 | application withdrawn | 2.7 |
| Longbreach Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 3.2 |
| Fox Covert Solar Farm | solar farm | 22 | operational | 3.8 |
| Calvert Landfill Site Solar Array | solar farm | 16 | application submitted | 6.2 |
| Wood End, Mursley Road | solar farm | 36 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
| Knapps Hook Farm | solar farm | 8.9 | application withdrawn | 7.1 |
| Manor Farm | solar farm | 12 | approved, not built | 7.6 |
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 (51.9311, -0.9224).