Southfields Farm, Common Lane (130 MW battery storage)
Southfields Farm, Common Lane is a 130 MW battery storage project in Broxtowe, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 21 August 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 12 September 2024.
130 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
12 September 2024record last updated
Broxtowecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 November 2022 | Application submitted |
| 21 August 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 21 August 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 130 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 12 September 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Toton Battery Storage Limited
- Planning authority
- Broxtowe
- Planning application reference
- 22/00799/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Southfields Farm Common Lane Bramcote
- Council area (by location)
- Broxtowe
- Time to decision
- 94 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Southfields Farm, Common Lane - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12698
Who decides
Broxtowe has 6 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moto Hospitality, Trowell Services Area North Solar Farm & Battery | solar farm | 16.1 | application submitted | 4.0 |
| Boots Campus - Roof Top Solar Farm | rooftop solar | 6.3 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
| Nottingham University Wind | wind farm | 5 | refused | 5.1 |
| Solar Farm at Boyah Grange Farm Potato Pit Lane Dale Abbey | solar farm | 35.2 | application submitted | 5.9 |
| Ladywood Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 6.3 |
| Gotham | battery storage | 100 | application submitted | 6.9 |
| Lockington Solar Park | solar farm | 15 | permission expired | 7.3 |
| Ratcliffe On Soar Power Station Solar Farm | solar farm | 9 | approved, not built | 7.3 |
| Kingston Solar farm | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 7.8 |
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 (52.9274, -1.2521).