Eastlands Farm, Catsfield - Catsfield Battery Energy Storage Facility (240 MW)
Eastlands Farm, Catsfield - Catsfield Battery Energy Storage Facility is a 240 MW battery storage project in Rother, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 4 August 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 7 October 2025.
240 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
7 October 2025record last updated
Rothercouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 September 2024 | Application submitted |
| 4 August 2025 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 240 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 7 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Masdar Arlington Energy
- Planning authority
- Rother
- Planning application reference
- RR/2024/1535/P
- Address (REPD)
- Eastlands Farm, Catsfield, Battle
- Council area (by location)
- Rother
- Time to decision
- 44 weeks
- REPD reference
- 17826
Who decides
| Applications | Rother | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 15 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (27%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 13 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm, The Stream | battery storage | 99.9 | application submitted | <0.1 |
| Moor Hall Farm, Moor Hall Drive | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 2.0 |
| Pashley Farm, Ninfield Road | battery storage | 130 | application submitted | 2.1 |
| Pashley Farm | solar farm | 11.5 | operational | 2.3 |
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 (50.8915, 0.4416).