Severn Road, Hallen (70 MW battery storage)
Severn Road, Hallen is a 70 MW battery storage project in South Gloucestershire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 24 February 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 4 March 2025.
70 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
4 March 2025record last updated
South Gloucestershirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 26 September 2023 | Application submitted |
| 24 February 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 24 February 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 70 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 4 March 2025
- Operator or applicant
- EL Avonmouth Limited
- Planning authority
- South Gloucestershire
- Planning application reference
- P23/02741/F
- Address (REPD)
- Severn Road, Hallen, Bristol
- Council area (by location)
- South Gloucestershire
- Time to decision
- 74 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Severn Road, Hallen - Battery Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 15027
Who decides
| Applications | South Gloucestershire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 79 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (9%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 59 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 4 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 16 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed battery storage (REPD 6907) | battery storage | 20 | abandoned | 0.9 |
| Severn Road | battery storage | 32 | operational | 1.1 |
| Avonmouth Port II | wind farm | 5 | operational | 1.4 |
| Kings Weston Lane | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Central Park Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 7 | application submitted | 1.8 |
| Avonmouth Wind Power | wind farm | 8.2 | operational | 2.1 |
| Avonmouth Port | wind farm | 6 | operational | 3.5 |
| Avonmouth Port - extension | wind farm | 9 | operational | 3.9 |
| Cattybrook Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
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 (51.5283, -2.6606).