Red House Farm, Old Norwich Road (520 MW battery storage)
Red House Farm, Old Norwich Road is a 520 MW battery storage project in Mid Suffolk, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 24 June 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 4 August 2025.
520 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
4 August 2025record last updated
Mid Suffolkcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 24 June 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 520 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 4 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- The Surrey Research Park
- Planning authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Planning application reference
- DC/25/02824
- Address (REPD)
- Red House Farm Old Norwich Road Yaxley
- Council area (by location)
- Mid Suffolk
- Name in REPD
- Red House Farm, Old Norwich Road - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 18291
Who decides
| Applications | Mid Suffolk | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 33 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (15%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 19 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 12 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 22.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.W. Baldwin Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.8 | application withdrawn | 1.0 |
| Yaxley, Eye Airfield Industrial Estate | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Humphrey Group | wind farm | 5 | operational | 1.4 |
| The Grange Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 48 | approved, not built | 3.3 |
| Solar Farm at Marsh Lane Solar Farm At Land North Of Lion Road Palgrave | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
| Suggenhall Farm - Photovoltaic Solar Array & Battery Storage | solar farm | 7.3 | approved, not built | 7.5 |
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 (52.3267, 1.1135).