Pen Y Maes, Ashby Road (50 MW battery storage)
Pen Y Maes, Ashby Road is a 50 MW battery storage project in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 23 May 2025; the record was last updated on 10 June 2025.
50 MWbattery storage
refusedstatus in REPD
10 June 2025record last updated
Vale of Glamorgancouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 25 October 2024 | Application submitted |
| 23 May 2025 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 10 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Root Power South Limited
- Planning authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Planning application reference
- 2024/00999/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Pen Y Maes, Ashby Road, Sully, Penarth
- Council area (by location)
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Time to decision
- 30 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Pen Y Maes, Ashby Road - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 17748
Who decides
| Applications | Vale of Glamorgan | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 27 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sully Moors Road | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 0.8 |
| Biglis Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.0 |
| Port of Barry - Site 2 | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.0 |
| Castle Road, Burton | battery storage | 440 | application submitted | 4.0 |
| Brynwell Farm | solar farm | 21 | approved, not built | 6.0 |
| Weycock Road | solar farm | 7 | operational | 6.2 |
| Woden Park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.5 |
| Cwm Derwyn Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.7 |
| Parc Worlton Solar Farm | solar farm | 42 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
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 (51.4116, -3.2185).