Philip Street Car Breakers (7.2 MW battery storage)
Philip Street Car Breakers is a 7.2 MW battery storage project in Bristol, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 29 June 2020, not yet built; the record was last updated on 22 June 2023. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 29 June 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 29 June 2023, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 May 2020 | Application submitted |
| 29 June 2020 | Planning permission granted |
| 29 June 2023 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 7.2 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 22 June 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Conrad Energy
- Planning authority
- Bristol, City of
- Planning application reference
- 20/01888/F
- Address (REPD)
- Philip Street Car Breakers, Philip Street, St. Philips Marsh, Bristol,
- Council area (by location)
- Bristol
- Time to decision
- 8 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7938
Who decides
| Applications | Bristol | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 32 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 0 (0%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 18 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 6 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 14.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feeder Road | battery storage | 20 | operational | 0.2 |
| Lockleaze Energy Storage | battery storage | 15 | operational | 4.1 |
| Partfield Farm | wind farm | 5.6 | application withdrawn | 5.1 |
| East Dundry Lane, Norton Hawkfield Solar Farm | solar farm | 15 | application submitted | 6.8 |
| East Dundry Lane, Norton Hawkfield | solar farm | 15 | application submitted | 7.5 |
| Haberfield Park Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 7.8 |
| Gypsy Lane, Burnett Solar PV Arrays | solar farm | 24.5 | refused | 8.6 |
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 (51.4481, -2.5683).