Rush Green Motors (50 MW battery storage)
Rush Green Motors is a 50 MW battery storage project in North Hertfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 25 March 2025; the record was last updated on 4 April 2025.
50 MWbattery storage
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
4 April 2025record last updated
North Hertfordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 23 February 2024 | Application submitted |
| 25 March 2025 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 4 April 2025
- Operator or applicant
- RNA Energy limited
- Planning authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Planning application reference
- 24/00314/FP
- Address (REPD)
- Rush Green Motors, London Road, Langley, Hitchin
- Council area (by location)
- North Hertfordshire
- Name in REPD
- Rush Green Motors - Battery storage
- REPD reference
- 16045
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Green Motors 21/01860/FP | 50 | 15 June 2021 | replaced by a revised application |
Who decides
| Applications | North Hertfordshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 17 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (29%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 9 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 88.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Ippolyts Solar Farm & Battery Storage | battery storage | 12.5 | approved, not built | 2.7 |
| St Ippolyts Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 2.7 |
| Stevenage Road, Titmore Green | battery storage | 57 | application submitted | 2.9 |
| Three Houses Lane | solar farm | 11.3 | refused | 3.7 |
| Wymondley Solar Farm, Great Wymondley | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 4.8 |
| Swangleys Farm | solar farm | 8.5 | application withdrawn | 5.9 |
| Wandon End Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.5 |
| Benington Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.8 | refused | 7.6 |
| Ld At Lawrence End Park &, Dane Street | solar farm | 5 | 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 (51.8987, -0.2413).