Hurst Farm, Mansfield Road (99.9 MW battery storage)
Hurst Farm, Mansfield Road is a 99.9 MW battery storage project in Bolsover, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 19 December 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 6 January 2026.
99.9 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
6 January 2026record last updated
Bolsovercouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 July 2025 | Application submitted |
| 19 December 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 19 December 2032 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 99.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 6 January 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Lightsource BP
- Planning authority
- Bolsover
- Planning application reference
- 25/00302/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Hurst Farm Mansfield Road Tibshelf
- Council area (by location)
- Bolsover
- Time to decision
- 21 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Hurst Farm, Mansfield Road - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 17844
Who decides
| Applications | Bolsover | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 20 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (20%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 12 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 12.5 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Wood Farm | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.9 |
| Twin Yards Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.1 |
| Padleywood Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.9 |
| Averhill Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.9 |
| Eden Meadows, Stretton Road, Morton Solar PV Panels & Battery Energy Storage System | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 4.4 |
| Land North of the Wood at Averill Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.5 |
| Fulwood Grange Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 4.6 |
| Meadow Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 19.6 | under construction | 5.3 |
| Ashland Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 6.1 |
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 (53.1463, -1.3283).