Ellough battery storage is a 200kW battery energy storage project located on agricultural land at Roadside verge at the junction of the A145 and Ellough Road, near Beccles, Suffolk; north of Beccles Business Park, Ellough Industrial Estate and Moor Business Park.
The planning documents describe the land as Countryside / rural fringe, undeveloped roadside verge outside settlement boundaries (Waveney Local Plan 2019).
Project Overview
Developer Background
AMP Clean Energyis the developer behind Ellough battery storage. The dossier records the company's proposal as a 200kW installation with 800kWh of storage, brought forward at the junction of the A145 and Ellough Road near Beccles in Suffolk. No further corporate history is documented in the verified record.
The application, reference DC/26/0669/FUL, was refused by East Suffolk Council and subsequently allowed on appeal by a Planning Inspector. AMP Clean Energy's scheme was described as an electricity storage installation rather than a solar farm or a new housing development.
Project Significance
Appeal Overturns Refusal: A Planning Inspector overturned East Suffolk Council's refusal, granting permission on 14th October 2026 for a small electricity storage installation at the junction of the A145 and Ellough Road.
Storage Not Solar: The consented scheme is a 200kW battery installation with 800kWh of storage, confirming that the site is being developed for electricity storage rather than solar generation.
Conditional Permission: Permission is subject to five conditions, including commencement within three years and compliance with the identified plans, which set the terms under which the installation can be built and operated.
Rural Verge Location: The installation sits on undeveloped roadside verge outside settlement boundaries under the Waveney Local Plan 2019, north of Beccles Business Park and the Ellough Industrial Estate.
Project Context
The consented installation occupies a roadside verge at the junction of the A145 and Ellough Road, near Beccles in Suffolk. The site lies in countryside and rural fringe, on undeveloped land outside settlement boundaries as defined in the Waveney Local Plan 2019, and is close to Beccles Business Park and the Ellough Industrial Estate.
East Suffolk Council refused the application, reference DC/26/0669/FUL, and a Planning Inspector allowed it on appeal on 14th October 2026, subject to five conditions. The verified dossier records no operational life or restoration requirement, so the land's longer-term future is not documented.
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Information compiled from planninggeek.co.uk. Last updated: 21 October 2026.