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Bradford West Substation (Harrop Edge Farm)
Bradford West Substation (Harrop Edge Farm) is a 49.9 MW battery storage site under construction in Bradford. Planning permission was granted on 24 July 2020, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: UK Battery Storage.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 14 April 2020 |
| Permission granted | 24 July 2020 3 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 agricultural land.
- Green Belt — Bradford
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
Bradford’s record on battery storage
Bradford has decided 8 battery storage schemes and approved 88%, taking a median of 5.2 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Bradford →
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|---|---|---|
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Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.8 | 8.7 km |
Sewage Sludge Digestion · Operational | 3 | 10.7 km |
How big is Bradford West Substation (Harrop Edge Farm)?
Bradford West Substation (Harrop Edge Farm) has a recorded installed capacity of 49.9 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Bradford West Substation (Harrop Edge Farm)?
REPD records the operator as UK Battery Storage. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Bradford West Substation (Harrop Edge Farm) approved and built?
The application was submitted on 14 April 2020. Permission was granted on 24 July 2020, 3 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 7577.
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