Silkstead Farm, Poles Lane (49.9 MW battery storage)
Silkstead Farm, Poles Lane is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Winchester, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 13 March 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 2 December 2025.
49.9 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
2 December 2025record last updated
Winchestercouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 June 2024 | Application submitted |
| 13 March 2025 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 2 December 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Winchester Energy Reserve Limited
- Planning authority
- Winchester
- Planning application reference
- 24/01007/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Silkstead Farm, Poles Lane, Hursley, Winchester
- Council area (by location)
- Winchester
- Time to decision
- 40 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Silkstead Farm, Poles Lane - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 15674
Who decides
| Applications | Winchester | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 37 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (11%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 24 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 10 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 14.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winchester Battery Storage | battery storage | 19 | operational | 2.0 |
| Field House Solar / Hursley Road | solar farm | 6.4 | operational | 2.2 |
| Home Farm, Hursley Park Road | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
| South Lynch Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| Churchers Common Solar Park | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 5.2 |
| Misslebrook Farm, Botley Road | battery storage | 60 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
| Stockbridge Road | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | 6.9 |
| Allington Lane Solar & Battery Farm | solar farm | 27 | approved, not built | 7.5 |
| Chalcroft Solar Park | solar farm | 6.3 | operational | 8.7 |
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 (51.019, -1.365).