Frome Power, Styles Close Energy Storage Facility (30 MW)
Frome Power, Styles Close Energy Storage Facility is a 30 MW battery storage project in Somerset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 14 June 2023, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 6 July 2023. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 June 2023 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 30 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 6 July 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Trina Solar UK Hold Co Limited
- Planning authority
- Somerset
- Planning application reference
- 2023/1070/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- N/O Styles Close & E/O The Existing Frome, 132/33kv Bulk Supply Point Substation, Frome
- Council area (by location)
- Somerset
- Name in REPD
- Frome Power, Styles Close - Energy Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 14227
Who decides
| Applications | Somerset | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 185 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 46 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 34 of 153 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 9 of 10 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 22 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 14.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 17 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selwood Solar Farm | solar farm | 6 | application withdrawn | 1.6 |
| Lodge Hill, Berkley Solar Park | solar farm | 14.5 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| St Georges Cross Farm, Berkley Lane | battery storage | 60 | refused | 2.7 |
| West Woodlands | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.1 |
| Court Farm (Frome) | solar farm | 6.8 | refused on appeal | 4.1 |
| Little Sharpshaw Farm solar park | solar farm | 5.3 | refused | 4.1 |
| Monksham Solar Farm | solar farm | 10.7 | operational | 5.6 |
| Holwell Hill | solar farm | 6 | operational | 6.7 |
| Bluebell Wood Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
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 (51.2304, -2.3033).