Power plant · Hart, England, United Kingdom
Penn Croft Farm, Crondall - Battery Energy Storage Facility
Penn Croft Farm, Crondall - Battery Energy Storage Facility is a permitted power plant in Hart, England, United Kingdom, with 100 MW of capacity, operated by Fleet BESS Limited & SSE Energy Solutions Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Hart (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Penn Croft Farm Penn Croft Crondall Farnham, GU10 5PX | 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 | 30 Jan 2023 (permit 21/02937/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Hart) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Dec 2021 (reference 21/02937/FUL, planning authority Hart) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 Jan 2023 (granted, reference 21/02937/FUL, planning authority Hart) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Fleet BESS Limited & SSE Energy Solutions Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 100 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 | 51.2375, -0.8880 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Hart, reference 21/02937/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Hart, reference 21/02937/FUL)
How it compares
Penn Croft Farm, Crondall - Battery Energy Storage Facility is the 248th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 426th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 100 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 | 248th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 426th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,276th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 255 substations, 226 grid connections (124 operating, 1,309 MW), 90 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn Croft Farm BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Fleet-Bramley GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Coxmoor Wood Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Battery storage 105.6 MW grid connection at FLEET | Grid connection | 106 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Coxmoor Wood BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| 9.9MW 33KV POC Requested grid connection | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1164817477) | Data center | — | — | 7.9 km |
| Datum Farnborough Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 8.0 km |
| Ark Data Centres data center, England | Data center | — | — | 8.0 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.