Rye Common (49.5 MW battery storage)

Rye Common is a 49.5 MW battery storage project in Hart, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 28 September 2021, not yet built; the record was last updated on 12 March 2020. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 28 September 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.

Data: REPD July 2026 extract · calculated 7 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

49.5 MWbattery storage

approved, not builtmay be out of datestatus in REPD

12 March 2020record last updated

Hartcouncil area

REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 28 September 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form.

Planning timeline

Date	Stage
12 March 2020	Application submitted
1 May 2020	Refused by the planning authority
22 February 2021	Appeal lodged
28 September 2021	Planning permission granted
28 September 2021	Appeal allowed
28 September 2024	Permission expired

Project details

Technology: battery storage (stand-alone storage)
Capacity: 49.5 MW
Status (REPD): approved, not built
Record last updated: 12 March 2020
Operator or applicant: Pulse Clean Energy
Planning authority: Hart
Planning application reference: 20/00651/FUL
Appeal reference: PP-08735792
Address (REPD): Street Record, Rye Common Lane, Crondall, Farnham,
Council area (by location): Hart
Time to decision: 81 weeks
REPD reference: 7737

Earlier applications for this site

Application	MW	Submitted	Outcome
Rye Common Lane 18/01114/FUL	49.5	23 May 2018	withdrawn 30 August 2018
Rye Common 20/00651/FUL	49.5	12 March 2020	approved on 28 September 2021, not yet built

Who decides

Applications	Hart	UK
Decided applications (solar, wind, battery)	18	10,236
Refused	5 (28%)	19%
Solar refused	3 of 10	12%
Battery storage refused	2 of 8	16%
Median time from submission to decision	34.8 weeks	17.0 weeks
Appeals lodged / allowed	3 / 1	—

Other large projects within 10 km

Project	Type	MW	Status	km
Blue Bell Lodge, Rye Common Lane	battery storage	49.5	approved, not built	0.2
Bowenhurst Farm, Mill Lane	battery storage	100	refused	0.3
Fleet Substation	battery storage	49.9	application withdrawn	0.5
Crondall Road, Crondall - Fleet Bramley Battery Energy Storage	battery storage	99.9	approved, not built	1.0
Penn Croft Farm, Crondall	battery storage	100	approved, not built	1.6
Coxmoor Wood, Crondall Road	battery storage	57	approved, not built	1.6
Hungerford Farm	solar farm	5	operational	3.5
Taplins Farm solar park	solar farm	5.9	operational	4.5
Fleet Hill Solar Farm	solar farm	47.5	under construction	4.8

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 (51.248, -0.8769).