Pashley Farm, Ninfield Road (130 MW battery storage)
Pashley Farm, Ninfield Road is a 130 MW battery storage project in Wealden, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 4 June 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 22 July 2025.
130 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
22 July 2025record last updated
Wealdencouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 June 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 130 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 22 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Elgin Energy Esco Limited
- Planning authority
- Wealden
- Planning application reference
- WD/2025/0500/MAJ
- Address (REPD)
- Pashley Farm, Ninfield Road, Ninfield, Bexhill on Sea
- Council area (by location)
- Wealden
- Name in REPD
- Pashley Farm, Ninfield Road - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 19142
Who decides
| Applications | Wealden | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 35 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (11%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 28 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pashley Farm | solar farm | 11.5 | operational | 0.2 |
| Moor Hall Farm, Moor Hall Drive | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 1.6 |
| Eastlands Farm, Catsfield - Catsfield Battery Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 240 | approved, not built | 2.1 |
| Catsfield Christmas Tree Farm, The Stream | battery storage | 99.9 | application submitted | 2.1 |
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 (50.8743, 0.4287).