Hutton Battery Storage (Lower Road) (10 MW)
Hutton Battery Storage (Lower Road) is a 10 MW battery storage project in Brentwood, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 April 2020; the record was last updated on 6 March 2026.
10 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
6 March 2026record last updated
Brentwoodcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Application submitted |
| 15 December 2017 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 April 2020 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 6 March 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Gore Street Capital / Flexitricity Limited
- Planning authority
- Brentwood
- Planning application reference
- 17/01477/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land West Of Wash Road Hutton
- Council area (by location)
- Brentwood
- Time to decision
- 11 weeks
- REPD reference
- 20396
Who decides
Brentwood has 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood nergy Storage System | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.4 |
| Solar Farm at Billericay Solar Farm North Of Rayleigh Road Hutton | solar farm | 15 | approved, not built | 1.9 |
| Land at Havering Grove Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 1.9 |
| Great Cowbridge Grange Farm, London Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 2.7 |
| Crouch Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | operational | 5.5 |
| Outwood Farm (Phase 1) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.4 |
| Outwood Farm (Phase 2) | solar farm | 7 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
| Ford Research And Engineering Centre, Dunton Solar Farm | solar farm | 5.2 | operational | 7.1 |
| Barleylands Solar Farm | solar farm | 17 | approved, not built | 7.3 |
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 (51.6378, 0.3572).