Rayleigh Spur Roundabout, Benfleet (150 MW battery storage)
Rayleigh Spur Roundabout, Benfleet is a 150 MW battery storage project in Basildon, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 2 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 21 August 2025.
150 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
21 August 2025record last updated
Basildoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 2 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 150 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 21 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Renewable Energy Systems RES ltd (Beaufort)
- Planning authority
- Basildon
- Planning application reference
- 25/00898/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- N/O Rayleigh Spur Roundabout A130, Benfleet, Wickford
- Council area (by location)
- Basildon
- Name in REPD
- Rayleigh Spur Roundabout, Benfleet - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 18649
Who decides
| Applications | Basildon | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 20 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (10%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 12 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 16.8 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollymans Storage | battery storage | 100 | operational | 2.0 |
| Southlands Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 24.6 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Nevendon Battery Storage Extension | battery storage | 5 | operational | 3.1 |
| Nevendon | battery storage | 10 | operational | 3.1 |
| Rayleigh Transforming Station | battery storage | 10.8 | permission expired | 4.1 |
| Great Wheatley Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | under construction | 4.7 |
| Battlesbridge Bypass, Rettendon | battery storage | 100 | refused | 4.9 |
| Crays Hall Farm Solar Arrays | solar farm | 25.6 | operational | 4.9 |
| Fairlawns Farm, Chelmsford Road | battery storage | 480 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
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 (51.6009, 0.5375).