Gerrards Cross Sewage Treatment Works (20 MW battery storage)
Gerrards Cross Sewage Treatment Works is a 20 MW battery storage project in Buckinghamshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 23 December 2020, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 12 January 2021. 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 |
|---|---|
| 23 December 2020 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 12 January 2021
- Operator or applicant
- Peak Gen Power
- Planning authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Planning application reference
- PL/20/4234/FA
- Address (REPD)
- Gerrards Cross Sewage Treatment Works
- Council area (by location)
- Buckinghamshire
- REPD reference
- 8271
Who decides
| Applications | Buckinghamshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 80 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 19 (24%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 14 of 68 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 6 / 7 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinstone Farm, Oxford Road | battery storage | 60 | application submitted | 0.5 |
| Slough Road | battery storage | 57 | application withdrawn | 4.8 |
| Salters Lane | solar farm | 42 | application submitted | 9.0 |
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 (51.5785, -0.531).