Little Hale Drove, Little Hale Fen (99 MW battery storage)
Little Hale Drove, Little Hale Fen is a 99 MW battery storage project in North Kesteven, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 14 March 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 4 April 2025.
99 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
4 April 2025record last updated
North Kestevencouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 8 November 2024 | Application submitted |
| 14 March 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 14 March 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 99 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 4 April 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Root-Power (South) Limited
- Planning authority
- North Kesteven
- Planning application reference
- 24/1265/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Lying To The South Of Little Hale Drove Little Hale Fen
- Council area (by location)
- North Kesteven
- Time to decision
- 18 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Little Hale Drove, Little Hale Fen - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 17585
Who decides
| Applications | North Kesteven | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 35 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (9%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 29 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Hale Fen Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 0.8 |
| Bicker Fen | wind farm | 26.7 | operational | 3.1 |
| Vicarage Drove Solar farm & Battery storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.2 |
| Bicker Drove | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 4.0 |
| Cowbridge Road, Bicker Fen | solar farm | 75 | under construction | 4.4 |
| Bicker Fen Bess, Vicarage Drove | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| Heckington Fen Solar Park | solar farm | 500 | approved, not built | 4.8 |
| Heckington Fens | wind farm | 54 | permission expired | 6.3 |
| Grange Farm (Burton Pedwardine) | solar farm | 15 | operational | 6.9 |
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 (52.9477, -0.2616).