Lower road, Garsington (100 MW battery storage)
Lower road, Garsington is a 100 MW battery storage project in South Oxfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 13 August 2025; the record was last updated on 7 October 2025.
100 MWbattery storage
refusedstatus in REPD
7 October 2025record last updated
South Oxfordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 November 2024 | Application submitted |
| 13 August 2025 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 7 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Net Zero Twenty One Ltd
- Planning authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Planning application reference
- P24/S3557/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Lower Road, Garsington, Oxford
- Council area (by location)
- South Oxfordshire
- Time to decision
- 39 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Lower road, Garsington - Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 17752
Who decides
| Applications | South Oxfordshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 33 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 9 (27%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 23 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 5 of 10 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 21.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 4 | — |
UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: Oxfordshire, South Oxfordshire.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowley electricity sub-station | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 1.2 |
| Cowley Substation, Blackberry Lane Battery Storage Energy System | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 1.2 |
| Nuneham Courtenay Solar Farm & Battery Storage Facility | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.4 |
| Nuneham Courtenay Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 3.4 |
| Burcot Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.3 |
| Burcot Farm Battery Storage | battery storage | 49.9 | application withdrawn | 6.0 |
| Wally Corner Landfill Site | solar farm | 7 | operational | 6.1 |
| Culham Science Centre, Clifton Hampden | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
| Culham Science Centre | battery storage | 250 | abandoned | 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 (51.7119, -1.1712).