Holt Road (47.5 MW battery storage)
Holt Road is a 47.5 MW battery storage project in Dorset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 29 July 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 2 September 2024.
47.5 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
2 September 2024record last updated
Dorsetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 10 November 2023 | Application submitted |
| 29 July 2024 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 47.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 2 September 2024
- Operator or applicant
- EDF Energy Renewables
- Planning authority
- Dorset
- Planning application reference
- P/FUL/2023/06578
- Address (REPD)
- Holt Road, Wimborne
- Council area (by location)
- Dorset
- Time to decision
- 37 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Holt Road - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 15470
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannington Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 49.9 | under construction | 0.9 |
| Wedgehill Farm | solar farm | 13 | operational | 1.4 |
| Verwood Solar Farm | solar farm | 20.4 | operational | 1.7 |
| Homeland Solar Farm | solar farm | 13.2 | operational | 1.8 |
| Woodlands Manor Farm, Horton Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 4.1 |
| Bedborough Farm | solar farm | 7 | operational | 4.4 |
| North Farm, Horton Solar Farm | solar farm | 19 | approved, not built | 5.6 |
| Chapel Lane Parley Solar Farm Phase 2 | solar farm | 36 | operational | 6.6 |
| Warren Park Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 6.6 |
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 (50.8509, -1.8902).