Gaywood Farm (7.5 MW battery storage)
Gaywood Farm is a 7.5 MW battery storage project in Sevenoaks, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 27 October 2020; the record was last updated on 27 July 2020.
7.5 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
27 July 2020record last updated
Sevenoakscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 18 August 2017 | Application submitted |
| 12 March 2018 | Planning permission granted |
| 27 October 2020 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 7.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 27 July 2020
- Operator or applicant
- AMDC Energy / Balanced Grid Solutions
- Planning authority
- Sevenoaks
- Planning application reference
- 17/02668/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land South Of Gaywood Farm, Hole Lane, Edenbridge, Kent
- Council area (by location)
- Sevenoaks
- Time to decision
- 29 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7113
Who decides
| Applications | Sevenoaks | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 11 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (36%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 7 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaywood Solar Farm | solar farm | 10.7 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Skinners Farm | solar farm | 6 | refused on appeal | 2.4 |
| Haxted Mead, Lingfield Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | application submitted | 3.4 |
| Land at Barrow Green Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 5.2 |
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 (51.2156, 0.0537).