Menear Road Solar & Battery storage (5 MW)
Menear Road Solar & Battery storage is a 5 MW battery storage project in Cornwall, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 13 February 2026, not yet built; the record was last updated on 8 April 2026.
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approved, not builtstatus in REPD
8 April 2026record last updated
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Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 March 2024 | Application submitted |
| 23 April 2025 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 4 November 2025 | Appeal lodged |
| 13 February 2026 | Planning permission granted |
| 13 February 2026 | Appeal allowed |
| 13 February 2031 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 8 April 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Anesco Limited
- Planning authority
- Cornwall
- Planning application reference
- PA23/09532
- Address (REPD)
- E/O Menear Farm Menear Road St Austell
- Council area (by location)
- Cornwall
- Time to decision
- 101 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Menear Road - Solar & Battery storage
- REPD reference
- 11077
Recorded together with Trafalgar Wharf Hamilton Road (0.7 MW rooftop solar, approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Cornwall | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 225 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 49 (22%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 31 of 159 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 15 of 39 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 27 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 16.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 23 / 20 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menear Road Solar & Battery storage | solar farm | 17.5 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Eden Project | battery storage | 5 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| West Carclaze Solar Farm | solar farm | 6.5 | operational | 1.8 |
| Mount Stamper Road, Treverbyn | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | 1.8 |
| Tregorrick Farm | solar farm | 6 | refused on appeal | 3.8 |
| Tredinnick Fields | solar farm | 5.8 | operational | 5.6 |
| Bodwen Solar Park | solar farm | 5.5 | operational | 6.2 |
| Ninnis Farm Solar | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.6 |
| Land at Gilley's Mill Dam | solar farm | 5 | operational | 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 (50.3567, -4.7635).