Malice Farm, French Drove (49.9 MW battery storage)
Malice Farm, French Drove is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Peterborough, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 13 May 2026, not yet built; the record was last updated on 17 June 2026.
49.9 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
17 June 2026record last updated
Peterboroughcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 12 August 2025 | Application submitted |
| 13 May 2026 | Planning permission granted |
| 13 May 2031 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 17 June 2026
- Operator or applicant
- FRV TH Powertek Limited
- Planning authority
- Peterborough
- Planning application reference
- 25/01028/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Malice Farm, S/O French Drove And E/O & W/O Scolding Drove, Thorney, Peterborough
- Council area (by location)
- Peterborough
- Time to decision
- 39 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Malice Farm, French Drove - BESS
- REPD reference
- 19563
Recorded together with Malice Farm, French Drove Solar Farm (49.9 MW solar farm, approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Peterborough | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 35 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 19 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 6 of 6 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 10 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 12.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutsgrove Wind Farm | wind farm | 14.4 | abandoned | 2.2 |
| Nutsgrove Farm, Thorney | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Wryde Croft | wind farm | 26 | operational | 2.4 |
| French Farm 2 (Extension) | wind farm | 8 | refused | 4.7 |
| Morris Fen (Wind) | wind farm | 16 | refused | 5.2 |
| Morris Fen (PV) | solar farm | 27 | application withdrawn | 5.3 |
| Treading Wind Farm - Fenland | wind farm | 15 | refused on appeal | 6.4 |
| Treading Wind Farm - South Holland | wind farm | 5 | refused | 6.8 |
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 (52.6642, -0.0326).