Litchlake Farm (10 MW battery storage)
Litchlake Farm is a 10 MW battery storage project in Buckinghamshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 7 December 2020; the record was last updated on 29 April 2020.
10 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
29 April 2020record last updated
Buckinghamshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 31 May 2017 | Application submitted |
| 7 December 2020 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with fossil fuel plant)
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 29 April 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Hall Farm Energy
- Planning authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Planning application reference
- 17/02081/APP
- Address (REPD)
- Land Adjacent To Henwood Farm Land At Litchlake Farm, Adjacent To Henwood Farm, Buckingham Road, Silverstone
- Council area (by location)
- Buckinghamshire
- REPD reference
- 7011
Who decides
| Applications | Buckinghamshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 80 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 19 (24%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 14 of 68 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 6 / 7 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primrose Hill Farm, Oxford Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 24 | application submitted | 1.7 |
| Shacks Barn Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.7 |
| Handley Park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.9 |
| Manor Farm, Whitfield | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 5.9 |
| Turweston Solar Farm | solar farm | 16.7 | operational | 6.7 |
| Homestead Farm (Alderton) | solar farm | 17.6 | operational | 8.2 |
| Hall Farm | solar farm | 5.1 | operational | 8.5 |
| Wicken Farm, Leckhampstead Solar Farm | solar farm | 21 | approved, not built | 9.1 |
| Spring Farm Ridge | wind farm | 15 | refused | 9.1 |
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 (52.0738, -1.0331).