Post Farm, Lytchett Minster (32 MW battery storage)
Post Farm, Lytchett Minster is a 32 MW battery storage project in Dorset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 28 November 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 13 January 2025.
32 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
13 January 2025record last updated
Dorsetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 16 May 2023 | Application submitted |
| 28 November 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 28 November 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 32 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 13 January 2025
- Operator or applicant
- S4N Lytchett Limited
- Planning authority
- Dorset
- Planning application reference
- P/FUL/2023/02819
- Address (REPD)
- Post Farm Lytchett Minster Poole
- Council area (by location)
- Dorset
- Time to decision
- 80 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Post Farm, Lytchett Minster - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 10291
Who decides
| Applications | Dorset | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 125 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 23 (18%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 15 of 105 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 5 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 15 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 6 / 6 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race farm | solar farm | 6.1 | operational | 1.3 |
| South Newton Farm | solar farm | 11.3 | operational | 3.7 |
| Dolmans Hill (Redbridge Farm) Solar Arrays | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.2 |
| Holes Bay | battery storage | 15 | operational | 4.3 |
| Dorset Green Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.3 |
| Oaklands Plantation | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.0 |
| Bottom Plain | solar farm | 10 | operational | 9.1 |
| Mapperton Farm | solar farm | 24 | application withdrawn | 9.1 |
| Trigon Solar Farm | solar farm | 7 | operational | 9.7 |
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 (50.7421, -2.0455).