Greens Farm (50 MW battery storage)
Greens Farm is a 50 MW battery storage project in East Hertfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 18 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 28 July 2025.
50 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
28 July 2025record last updated
East Hertfordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 May 2021 | Application submitted |
| 18 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 18 July 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
- 28 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Cambridge Power
- Planning authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Planning application reference
- 3/21/0969/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Greens Farm, East End, Stocking Pelham, Buntingford
- Council area (by location)
- East Hertfordshire
- Time to decision
- 219 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Greens Farm - Battery energy storage
- REPD reference
- 9012
Who decides
| Applications | East Hertfordshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 20 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (35%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 13 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 22.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelham | battery storage | 49 | operational | 0.6 |
| Stocking Pelham | battery storage | 50 | refused | 0.8 |
| Ginns Road, Stocking Pelham | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 0.9 |
| Dellows, Ginns Road | battery storage | 90 | application submitted | 1.0 |
| Berden Hall Solar Farm | solar farm | 56 | approved, not built | 1.2 |
| Maggots End Road, Berden Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 2.4 |
| Wickham Hall Estate Solar Photovoltaic Farm | solar farm | 35 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
| Wickham Hall Estate Solar Photovoltaic Farm | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
| Wickham Hall Estate | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
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 (51.9329, 0.1152).