Newlands Farm, Crewkerne Road (80 MW battery storage)
Newlands Farm, Crewkerne Road is an 80 MW battery storage project in East Devon, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 23 September 2025; the record was last updated on 7 October 2025.
80 MWbattery storage
refusedstatus in REPD
7 October 2025record last updated
East Devoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 18 December 2024 | Application submitted |
| 23 September 2025 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 80 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 7 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Sky UK Development Limited
- Planning authority
- East Devon
- Planning application reference
- 24/2650/MFUL
- Address (REPD)
- Newlands Farm, Crewkerne Road, Axminster
- Council area (by location)
- East Devon
- Time to decision
- 40 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Newlands Farm, Crewkerne Road - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 15075
Who decides
| Applications | East Devon | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 55 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 17 (31%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 9 of 36 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 8 of 19 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 21.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newlands Farm (East Devon) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 0.2 |
| Beavor - Photovoltaic Solar Arrays | solar farm | 18.9 | under construction | 0.6 |
| Stammery Hill | battery storage | 150 | refused | 0.7 |
| Wareham Road, Scouse Farm | battery storage | 50 | refused | 1.9 |
| Stonebarrow Farm | solar farm | 8 | operational | 2.1 |
| National Grid Axminster Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 2.2 |
| Pound Road, Hawkchurch | battery storage | 120 | refused | 2.4 |
| Pound Road, Hawkchurch | battery storage | 120 | refused | 3.0 |
| Axe View Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.3 |
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 (50.7732, -2.948).