Westfield Conservation Park (99 MW battery storage)
Westfield Conservation Park is a 99 MW battery storage project in North Hertfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 5 August 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 28 October 2025.
99 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
28 October 2025record last updated
North Hertfordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 August 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 99 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 28 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Lightrock Power Limited
- Planning authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Planning application reference
- 25/01947/FP
- Address (REPD)
- S/O A507 At Westfield Common, Clothall Road, Clothall
- Council area (by location)
- North Hertfordshire
- Name in REPD
- Westfield Conservation Park - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 19668
Who decides
| Applications | North Hertfordshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 17 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (29%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 9 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 88.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston Hills | wind farm | 6 | refused | 2.2 |
| Weston | wind farm | 6 | application withdrawn | 3.8 |
| Solar Panels at Nw/O Cottered & Sw/O The A507 Cottered | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 4.5 |
| Tophams Solar Farm | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 5.7 |
| Letchworth Garden City - Urban Reserve Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 5 | approved, not built | 5.8 |
| Wymondley Solar Farm, Great Wymondley | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 7.5 |
| Benington Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.8 | refused | 8.0 |
| Stevenage Road, Titmore Green | battery storage | 57 | application submitted | 8.5 |
| Mill Farm | solar farm | 5 | 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 (51.9644, -0.1326).