Hill Court Solar farm & Battery storage (35 MW)
Hill Court Solar farm & Battery storage is a 35 MW battery storage project in South Gloucestershire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 29 May 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 7 October 2025.
35 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
7 October 2025record last updated
South Gloucestershirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 12 March 2025 | Application submitted |
| 29 May 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 29 May 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 35 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 7 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Longlands Solar Farm Limited
- Planning authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Planning application reference
- P25/00579/F
- Address (REPD)
- Land At HIll Court Tranton Lane Hill
- Council area (by location)
- South Gloucestershire
- Time to decision
- 11 weeks
- REPD reference
- 8890
Recorded together with Hill Court, Tranton Lane Hill Solar Farm (49.9 MW solar farm, approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | South Gloucestershire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 79 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (9%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 59 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 4 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 16 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoneyard Lane Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | refused on appeal | 1.8 |
| Worlds End Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 1.9 |
| Woodlands Farm, Clapton - Ground Mounted Solar Park | solar farm | 36 | approved, not built | 3.2 |
| Hook Street Energy Storage Compound | battery storage | 100 | refused | 5.7 |
| Watts Group Factory Site | battery storage | 10 | abandoned | 5.7 |
| Hurst Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.3 |
| Land North of Actrees Solar Farm | battery storage | 49.9 | abandoned | 7.6 |
| Land At Actrees Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.7 |
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 (51.6639, -2.5276).