Glassenbury (50 MW battery storage)
Glassenbury is a 50 MW battery storage project in Tunbridge Wells, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 23 April 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 20 May 2025.
50 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
20 May 2025record last updated
Tunbridge Wellscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 26 February 2025 | Application submitted |
| 23 April 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 23 April 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 20 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Gresham House
- Planning authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Planning application reference
- 25/00427/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- Electricity Distribution Site, Glassenbury Road, Cranbrook, Ashford
- Council area (by location)
- Tunbridge Wells
- Time to decision
- 8 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Glassenbury - Battery Storage System
- REPD reference
- 18392
Who decides
| Applications | Tunbridge Wells | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 25 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (28%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 20 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huggin's Hall (Extension) | battery storage | 9.9 | permission expired | 0.6 |
| Huggin's Hall | battery storage | 40 | operational | 0.6 |
| Netters Farm, Attwaters Lane | solar farm | 10 | refused | 2.8 |
| Solar PV Farm | solar farm | 18 | application submitted | 5.4 |
| Widehurst Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.5 |
| Land At Pullen Farm | solar farm | 10 | refused on appeal | 8.5 |
| Maidstone Road, Horsmonden - Paddock Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 8.5 |
| Great Pagehurst Farm | solar farm | 13.6 | refused on appeal | 9.0 |
| Eckley Farms, Marden Solar Energy Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 9.9 |
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 (51.0916, 0.5163).