Letchworth Garden City - Urban Reserve Energy Storage Facility (5 MW)
Letchworth Garden City - Urban Reserve Energy Storage Facility is a 5 MW battery storage project in North Hertfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 10 April 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 15 April 2024.
5 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
15 April 2024record last updated
North Hertfordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 9 February 2024 | Application submitted |
| 10 April 2024 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 15 April 2024
- Operator or applicant
- AMP Energy Services Limited
- Planning authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Planning application reference
- 24/00226/FP
- Address (REPD)
- Works Road, Letchworth Garden City
- Council area (by location)
- North Hertfordshire
- Time to decision
- 9 weeks
- REPD reference
- 15927
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letchworth Power Energy Storage Facility 20/02603/FP | 5 | 18 November 2020 | replaced by a revised application |
Who decides
| Applications | North Hertfordshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 17 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (29%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 9 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 88.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston | wind farm | 6 | application withdrawn | 2.0 |
| Weston Hills | wind farm | 6 | refused | 4.0 |
| Tophams Solar Farm | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| Wymondley Solar Farm, Great Wymondley | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| Westfield Conservation Park | battery storage | 99 | application submitted | 5.8 |
| Stevenage Road, Titmore Green | battery storage | 57 | application submitted | 6.8 |
| Langford Solar Farm | solar farm | 13 | operational | 6.9 |
| St Ippolyts Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 7.2 |
| St Ippolyts Solar Farm & Battery Storage | battery storage | 12.5 | approved, not built | 7.2 |
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 (51.9838, -0.2113).