Halewick Lane, Sompting Battery-based Energy Storage Facility (50 MW)
Halewick Lane, Sompting Battery-based Energy Storage Facility is a 50 MW battery storage project in Adur, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: under construction since 1 February 2023; the record was last updated on 17 October 2022.
50 MWbattery storage
under constructionstatus in REPD
17 October 2022record last updated
Adurcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 2 January 2019 | Application submitted |
| 1 February 2023 | Construction started |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- under construction
- Record last updated
- 17 October 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Public Power Solutions (PPS) / West Sussex County Council
- Planning authority
- Adur
- Planning application reference
- SDNP/18/06402/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land at (former) Waste Managem, Halewick Lane, Sompting, Lancing,
- Council area (by location)
- Adur
- Name in REPD
- Halewick Lane, Sompting - Battery-based Energy Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 7168
Who decides
Adur has 5 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Barn Farm Energy Barn | battery storage | 10 | operational | 4.9 |
| Steyning Battery Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 18 | abandoned | 5.5 |
| Horton Landfill Site, Henfield Road | solar farm | 12.5 | application submitted | 6.5 |
| Horsham Road Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 7.0 |
| Huddlestone Farm | solar farm | 16 | refused on appeal | 7.0 |
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 (50.8467, -0.3316).