Libra Energy Stability Project (100 MW battery storage)
Libra Energy Stability Project is a 100 MW battery storage project in Mid Sussex, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 31 January 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 10 February 2025.
100 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
10 February 2025record last updated
Mid Sussexcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 3 May 2023 | Application submitted |
| 31 January 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 31 January 2032 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 10 February 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Lightrock Power
- Planning authority
- Mid Sussex
- Planning application reference
- DM/23/1184
- Address (REPD)
- Coombe Farm, Bob Lane, Twineham, Haywards Heath
- Council area (by location)
- Mid Sussex
- Time to decision
- 91 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Libra Energy Stability Project - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 12443
Who decides
| Applications | Mid Sussex | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 14 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (14%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 11 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 16.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolney Substation | battery storage | 264 | approved, not built | 0.5 |
| Coombe Solar Farm | solar farm | 15.3 | permission expired | 0.6 |
| Bolney | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 1.3 |
| Kent Street, Cowfold | battery storage | 57 | refused | 1.8 |
| Land Parcel North of Goddards | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.9 |
| Solar Farm & Battery Storage at Cobwood Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.2 |
| Ford Farm (Ashurst) | solar farm | 10 | operational | 7.6 |
| Priors Byne Farm | solar farm | 7.6 | operational | 8.8 |
| Horton Landfill Site, Henfield Road | solar farm | 12.5 | application submitted | 9.4 |
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 (50.9732, -0.2244).