Wickham Hall Estate (10 MW battery storage)
Wickham Hall Estate is a 10 MW battery storage project in East Hertfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 13 September 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 23 February 2026.
10 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
23 February 2026record last updated
East Hertfordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 26 June 2024 | Application submitted |
| 13 September 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 13 September 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 23 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Endurance Energy Wickham Hall Limited
- Planning authority
- Uttlesford
- Planning application reference
- UTT/24/1417/PINS
- Address (REPD)
- The North-West Of Bishops Stortford Farnham Road Farnham
- Council area (by location)
- East Hertfordshire
- Time to decision
- 11 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Wickham Hall Estate - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 15881
Recorded together with Wickham Hall Estate Solar Photovoltaic Farm (20 MW solar farm, approved, not built).
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wickham Hall Estate UTT/21/3108/FUL | — | 30 November 2021 | refused 19 April 2022 |
Who decides
| Applications | Uttlesford | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 35 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 11 (31%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 7 of 24 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 11 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 3 | — |
UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: Essex, Uttlesford.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wickham Hall Estate Solar Photovoltaic Farm | solar farm | 35 | approved, not built | 0.7 |
| Hadham Road | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 0.9 |
| Maggots End Road, Berden Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 4.7 |
| Parsonage Farm Solar PV Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| Greens Farm | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
| Berden Hall Solar Farm | solar farm | 56 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
| Pelham | battery storage | 49 | operational | 5.5 |
| Stocking Pelham | battery storage | 50 | refused | 5.8 |
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 (51.8878, 0.127).