Forty Acre Wood, The Street (300 MW battery storage)
Forty Acre Wood, The Street is a 300 MW battery storage project in Ashford, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 27 October 2025; the record was last updated on 9 December 2025.
300 MWbattery storage
refusedstatus in REPD
9 December 2025record last updated
Ashfordcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 July 2025 | Application submitted |
| 27 October 2025 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 300 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 9 December 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Greenfield Energy Developments Limited
- Planning authority
- Ashford
- Planning application reference
- PA/2025/1331
- Address (REPD)
- E/O Forty Acre Wood, S/O Daffodil Cottage, The Street, Brabourne, Ashford
- Council area (by location)
- Ashford
- Time to decision
- 13 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Forty Acre Wood, The Street - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 19136
Who decides
| Applications | Ashford | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (27%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 6 of 21 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 12.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sellindge Substation, Church Lane | battery storage | 57 | approved, not built | 4.0 |
| Partridge Farm | solar farm | 10.6 | operational | 4.3 |
| Harringe Brooks Wind Park | wind farm | 15 | application submitted | 5.3 |
| East Stour Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 5.4 |
| Stonestreet Green Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 99.9 | approved, not built | 5.9 |
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 (51.1362, 1.0053).