Mannington Battery Storage Plant (49.9 MW)
Mannington Battery Storage Plant is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Swindon, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 October 2021; the record was last updated on 14 September 2022.
49.9 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
14 September 2022record last updated
Swindoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 21 November 2017 | Application submitted |
| 7 December 2018 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 November 2020 | Construction started |
| 1 October 2021 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 14 September 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Still Waters Green Technology
- Planning authority
- Swindon
- Planning application reference
- S/17/1879
- Address (REPD)
- Mannington Depot Telford Way, Service Road, Mannington, Swindon, Wiltshire
- Council area (by location)
- Swindon
- Time to decision
- 54 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7024
Who decides
| Applications | Swindon | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 43 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (2%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 35 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brindley Close (Extension) | battery storage | 6 | under construction | 2.3 |
| Park Farm | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 2.8 |
| Lower Basset Down Farm | solar farm | 10.5 | operational | 3.6 |
| Wickfield Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.1 |
| Spittleborough Farm | solar farm | 12 | operational | 4.7 |
| Wroughton Airfield Solar Park | solar farm | 41 | operational | 4.8 |
| Rock Farm / Goldborough Farm (Rookwood) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.9 |
| Bentham House Farm, Mopes Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 12 | approved, not built | 6.3 |
| Mopes Lane, Purton Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
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 (51.5535, -1.815).