Thorpe Marsh Power Station (1,450 MW battery storage)
Thorpe Marsh Power Station is a 1,450 MW battery storage project in Doncaster, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 28 January 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 4 November 2025.
1,450 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
4 November 2025record last updated
Doncastercouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 3 April 2023 | Application submitted |
| 28 January 2025 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 1,450 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 4 November 2025
- Operator or applicant
- West Burton Energy
- Planning authority
- Doncaster
- Planning application reference
- 23/00537/FULM
- Address (REPD)
- Thorpe Marsh Power Station Marsh Lane Barnby Dun Doncaster
- Council area (by location)
- Doncaster
- Time to decision
- 95 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Thorpe Marsh Power Station - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 19801
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorpe Marsh Power Station 23/00022/FULM | 1,450 | 26 January 2023 | replaced by a revised application |
Who decides
| Applications | Doncaster | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 43 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (7%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 27 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 5 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 11 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorpe Marsh Power Station, Marsh Lane | battery storage | 1,400 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Fenwick Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 238 | approved, not built | 0.3 |
| Fordtead Lane, Thorpe Marsh Battery Energy Facility | battery storage | 180 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| The Balk, Almholme | battery storage | 1,025 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
| The Balk, Almholme Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
| Warren Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.3 |
| Cutts Bros, Wharf Road | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 6.1 |
| Askern Colliery solar farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.7 |
| Long Lands Lane | battery storage | 12 | abandoned | 8.4 |
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 (53.5803, -1.0851).