Newton Wood Farm (49.9 MW battery storage)
Newton Wood Farm is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Bolsover, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 28 October 2020, not yet built; the record was last updated on 25 March 2025. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 28 October 2023, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 28 October 2023, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 May 2020 | Application submitted |
| 28 October 2020 | Planning permission granted |
| 28 October 2023 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 25 March 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Anesco
- Planning authority
- Bolsover
- Planning application reference
- 20/00202/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Newton Wood Farm, Newtonwood Lane, Newton, Alfreton, Derbyshire
- Council area (by location)
- Bolsover
- Time to decision
- 22 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7780
Who decides
| Applications | Bolsover | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 20 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (20%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 12 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 12.5 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurst Farm, Mansfield Road | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 0.9 |
| Twin Yards Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.3 |
| Fulwood Grange Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 3.7 |
| Averhill Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.5 |
| Padleywood Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.5 |
| Eden Meadows, Stretton Road, Morton Solar PV Panels & Battery Energy Storage System | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 4.7 |
| Land North of the Wood at Averill Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.0 |
| Meadow Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 19.6 | under construction | 5.0 |
| Former Langton Colliery Site | solar farm | 5.7 | permission expired | 5.5 |
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 (53.1391, -1.3219).