Oakley Bush Solar Farm (10 MW)
Oakley Bush Solar Farm is a 10 MW battery storage project in North Northamptonshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 5 November 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 2 December 2024.
10 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
2 December 2024record last updated
North Northamptonshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 November 2024 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 2 December 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Buccleuch Estates Limited
- Planning authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Planning application reference
- NK/2024/0599
- Address (REPD)
- Newton Road, N/O Newton, Kettering
- Council area (by location)
- North Northamptonshire
- Name in REPD
- Oakley Bush Solar Farm - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 15270
Recorded together with Solar PV Panels (39 MW solar farm, application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | North Northamptonshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 68 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 11 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 44 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 11 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 13 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Albion Wind Farm | wind farm | 14.4 | operational | 3.4 |
| Brigstock Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.1 |
| Grafton Underwood | solar farm | 38 | approved, not built | 4.8 |
| Gaultney Solar Park | solar farm | 20.5 | operational | 6.3 |
| RAF Desborough | solar farm | 49.9 | permission expired | 6.6 |
| Solar Photovoltaic Panels | solar farm | 39.3 | application submitted | 6.8 |
| Barnwell Manor Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | refused on appeal | 8.6 |
| Bryant Field Solar Park | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 9.1 |
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 (52.4467, -0.7052).