Hawkers Hill Energy Park (20 MW)
Hawkers Hill Energy Park is a 20 MW battery storage project in Dorset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 3 October 2022; the record was last updated on 13 October 2022.
20 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
13 October 2022record last updated
Dorsetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 July 2017 | Application submitted |
| 22 September 2017 | Planning permission granted |
| 5 May 2020 | Construction started |
| 3 October 2022 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 13 October 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Tag Energy
- Planning authority
- Dorset
- Planning application reference
- 2/2017/1066/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Hawkers Hill Farm, : Shaftesbury Road, Motcombe
- Council area (by location)
- Dorset
- Time to decision
- 8 weeks
- REPD reference
- 12293
Who decides
| Applications | Dorset | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 125 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 23 (18%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 15 of 105 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 5 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 15 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 6 / 6 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaftesbury Energy Park | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Motcombe Road, Motcombe Solar Pv Arrays | solar farm | 12 | application submitted | 1.0 |
| Land east of Littledown Business Park | solar farm | 6.2 | operational | 1.8 |
| Fernbrook Solar farm & Battery storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
| Stour Row Solar Farm | solar farm | 12 | permission expired | 4.4 |
| Higher Farm | solar farm | 11 | refused on appeal | 7.2 |
| Manor Farm (Dorset) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.6 |
| Silton Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | refused on appeal | 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 (51.0135, -2.2128).