Power plant · Mid Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Bolney - Battery Storage
Bolney - Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Mid Sussex, England, United Kingdom, with 200 MW of capacity, operated by Elements Green.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Mid Sussex (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land east of Wineham Lane, Wineham, Henfield, BN5 9AY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 5 Sept 2024 (permit DM/21/2276, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Horsham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Jun 2021 (reference DM/21/2276, planning authority Horsham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Sept 2024 (granted, reference DM/21/2276, planning authority Horsham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Elements Green | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 200 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.9699, -0.2385 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Horsham, reference DM/21/2276)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Horsham, reference DM/21/2276)
How it compares
Bolney - Battery Storage is the 177th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 279th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 200 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 177th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.11% |
| United Kingdom | 279th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 741st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 40 grid connections (29 operating, 160 MW), 33 substations and 16 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Horsham | Data center | — | — | 9.7 km |
| Five Oaks Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| Solar 3.905 MW grid connection at Five Oaks Farm PV | Grid connection | 3.91 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Billingshurst Primary | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Digital Realty LGW15 | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Digital Realty LGW16 | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Malham Farm Solar & Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 20 km |
| Plaistow Primary | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| Solar 4.75 MW grid connection at Plaistow | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 24 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.