Minchens Lane Battery Storage Facility (100 MW)
Minchens Lane Battery Storage Facility is a 100 MW battery storage project in Basingstoke and Deane, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 February 2025; the record was last updated on 9 March 2026.
100 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
9 March 2026record last updated
Basingstoke and Deanecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 January 2021 | Application submitted |
| 8 October 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 22 December 2021 | Appeal lodged |
| 26 January 2023 | Appeal allowed |
| 1 February 2025 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 9 March 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Penso Power (BW ESS)
- Planning authority
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Planning application reference
- 21/00349/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- OS Ref 464762 159811 Minchens Lane Bramley
- Council area (by location)
- Basingstoke and Deane
- Time to decision
- 36 weeks
- REPD reference
- 8434
Who decides
| Applications | Basingstoke and Deane | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (27%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 22 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 26.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 5 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bramley Frith Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.8 |
| Withy Place, Bramley Road | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 1.5 |
| Ash Lane, Little London | battery storage | 57 | approved, not built | 1.6 |
| Frog Lane, Little London | battery storage | 115 | refused | 1.8 |
| Beaurepaire Farm | solar farm | 12 | refused | 2.9 |
| Chineham Battery Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 15 | application withdrawn | 4.8 |
| Manor Farm, Sherborne Solar Farm | solar farm | 28 | application submitted | 5.7 |
| Basing Road | battery storage | 20 | application submitted | 7.0 |
| Bloomfield Hatch Farm Solar Farm & Battery | solar farm | 25.8 | approved, not built | 7.1 |
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 (51.3314, -1.0669).