Rookery Farm, Kimbolton Road (50 MW battery storage)
Rookery Farm, Kimbolton Road is a 50 MW battery storage project in Huntingdonshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 25 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 19 October 2023.
50 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
19 October 2023record last updated
Huntingdonshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 24 July 2024 | Application submitted |
| 25 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 25 July 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 19 October 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Bluefield Renewable Developments Limited
- Planning authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Planning application reference
- 24/00883/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Solar Farm Rookery Farm, Kimbolton Road, Stow Longa, Huntingdon
- Council area (by location)
- Huntingdonshire
- Time to decision
- 52 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Rookery Farm, Kimbolton Road - Battery Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 15073
The scheme also includes 50 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Huntingdonshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 47 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (15%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 33 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 6 of 11 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rookery Farm, Kimbolton Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Rookery Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 5.3 | operational | 0.7 |
| Bicton Wind Farm | wind farm | 9 | refused | 1.1 |
| Bicton Industrial Park, Stow Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 8 | approved, not built | 1.6 |
| Woolley Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | operational | 4.9 |
| Manor Farm - Pertenhall | solar farm | 15 | operational | 6.9 |
| Common Barn Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.2 | operational | 7.8 |
| RAF Molesworth Wind Farm | wind farm | 15 | refused | 8.1 |
| Cobholden Battery Storage | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 9.0 |
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 (52.3229, -0.3749).