Riverford Farm (49.9 MW battery storage)
Riverford Farm is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in South Hams, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 5 January 2021; the record was last updated on 21 August 2020.
49.9 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
21 August 2020record last updated
South Hamscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 18 October 2017 | Application submitted |
| 4 December 2017 | Planning permission granted |
| 5 January 2021 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 21 August 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Abham Storage / Statera Energy
- Planning authority
- South Hams
- Planning application reference
- 3360/17/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Riverford Farm, Zc88 at A384 to Staverton Brid, Staverton, Totnes, Devon
- Council area (by location)
- South Hams
- Time to decision
- 7 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7078
Who decides
| Applications | South Hams | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 36 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 28 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood Barton, Staverton | battery storage | 99 | application submitted | <0.1 |
| Bidwell Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.5 |
| Lower Blakemore Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 4.3 |
| Parkview solar park | solar farm | 6.5 | operational | 4.9 |
| Hazard Farm | solar farm | 6.4 | operational | 5.1 |
| Hatchlands Farm | solar farm | 5.2 | operational | 5.7 |
| Waye Barton | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 6.2 |
| Marley Thatch Solar Farm | solar farm | 6.3 | operational | 6.9 |
| Rydon Farm | solar farm | 12 | operational | 8.5 |
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 (50.4618, -3.7318).