Summerway Drove, East Bower (90 MW battery storage)
Summerway Drove, East Bower is a 90 MW battery storage project in Somerset, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 10 February 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 25 February 2025.
90 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
25 February 2025record last updated
Somersetcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 November 2023 | Application submitted |
| 10 February 2025 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 90 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 25 February 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Renewable Connections Developments Limited
- Planning authority
- Somerset
- Planning application reference
- 08/23/00369
- Address (REPD)
- Summerway Drove, Bridgwater
- Council area (by location)
- Somerset
- Time to decision
- 63 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Summerway Drove, East Bower - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 15716
Who decides
| Applications | Somerset | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 185 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 46 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 34 of 153 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 9 of 10 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 22 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 14.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 17 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Wall Solar Park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 1.0 |
| Saltlands Avenue Solar Parks | solar farm | 8.9 | application submitted | 2.6 |
| Horsey Levels Solar Farm | solar farm | 24 | operational | 3.8 |
| Land to the South West of Horsey Lane | solar farm | 25 | refused on appeal | 4.8 |
| Cobbs Cross Solar Park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.2 |
| Puriton Landfill Solar Farm | solar farm | 11.4 | operational | 5.7 |
| Impens Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 6.0 |
| Pyde Drove | solar farm | 7 | operational | 6.3 |
| Withy End | wind farm | 10 | refused | 6.5 |
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 (51.128, -2.9668).