Newlands Farm Battery Storage Facility Phase 2 (40 MW)
Newlands Farm Battery Storage Facility Phase 2 is a 40 MW battery storage project in Fareham, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 September 2022; the record was last updated on 15 February 2024.
40 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
15 February 2024record last updated
Farehamcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 December 2020 | Application submitted |
| 26 January 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 September 2022 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 15 February 2024
- Operator or applicant
- British Solar Renewables
- Planning authority
- Fareham
- Planning application reference
- P/20/1562/FP
- Address (REPD)
- Newlands Farm
- Council area (by location)
- Fareham
- Time to decision
- 6 weeks
- REPD reference
- 8264
Who decides
Fareham has 9 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanners Lane Battery Energy Storage Facility (Phase One) | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 0.2 |
| Newlands Farm Solar | solar farm | 20.5 | operational | 0.4 |
| Peel Common Waste Water Treatment Works | battery storage | 20 | abandoned | 1.4 |
| Funtley Refuse Tip | solar farm | 10 | permission expired | 5.6 |
| Funtley Solar Photovoltaic PV Farm | solar farm | 10.5 | application submitted | 5.8 |
| Titchfield Lane | battery storage | 49 | under construction | 5.8 |
| Ash Farm, Titchfield Lane | battery storage | 15 | approved, not built | 6.2 |
| Fontley House Farm | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 7.1 |
| Titchfield Lane, Wickham | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.8 |
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 (50.833, -1.1914).