Fairlawns Farm, Chelmsford Road (480 MW battery storage)
Fairlawns Farm, Chelmsford Road is a 480 MW battery storage project in Rochford, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 17 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 7 November 2025.
480 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
7 November 2025record last updated
Rochfordcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 31 July 2024 | Application submitted |
| 17 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 17 July 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 480 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 7 November 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Gresham House Devco Pipeline
- Planning authority
- Rochford
- Planning application reference
- 24/00455/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Fairlawns Farm, Chelmsford Road, Rayleigh
- Council area (by location)
- Rochford
- Time to decision
- 50 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Fairlawns Farm, Chelmsford Road - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 16887
Who decides
| Applications | Rochford | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 12 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 9 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 25.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Wheatley Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | under construction | 0.9 |
| Rayleigh Transforming Station | battery storage | 10.8 | permission expired | 1.1 |
| Dollymans Storage | battery storage | 100 | operational | 3.1 |
| Rayleigh Spur Roundabout, Benfleet | battery storage | 150 | application submitted | 5.1 |
| Southlands Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 24.6 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
| Battlesbridge Bypass, Rettendon | battery storage | 100 | refused | 6.2 |
| South Fambridge Hall Solar farm & Battery storage | solar farm | 50 | under construction | 7.2 |
| Fambridge Road/Canewdon Road | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 7.2 |
| Fambridge Road/Canewdon Road | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.2 |
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 (51.5871, 0.6072).