Fair Oak Lane (49.9 MW battery storage)
Fair Oak Lane is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Kingston upon Thames, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on appeal on 14 June 2019; the record was last updated on 27 June 2019.
49.9 MWbattery storage
refused on appealstatus in REPD
27 June 2019record last updated
Kingston upon Thamescouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 31 October 2017 | Application submitted |
| 14 February 2019 | Appeal lodged |
| 14 June 2019 | Appeal refused |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused on appeal
- Record last updated
- 27 June 2019
- Operator or applicant
- Renewable Energy Systems
- Planning authority
- Kingston upon Thames
- Planning application reference
- 17/10404
- Appeal reference
- APP/Z5630/W/18/3205282
- Address (REPD)
- Land opposite Chessington Subs, Fair Oak Lane, Kingston-On-Thames
- Council area (by location)
- Kingston upon Thames
- REPD reference
- 7091
Who decides
Kingston upon Thames has 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnett Wood Lane | battery storage | 98 | approved, not built | 3.6 |
| Cobham Road, Bookham Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.5 | approved, not built | 5.3 |
| London’s Queen Elizabeth II reservoir | floating solar | 6.3 | operational | 5.4 |
| Rushett Lane | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
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 (51.3415, -0.3204).