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Braintree Road, Cressing - Battery Storage
Braintree Road, Cressing - Battery Storage is a 57 MW battery storage site under construction in Braintree. Planning permission was granted on 1 September 2023, 12 months after submission. Operator of record: Pivot Power (EDF Renewables).
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 17 August 2022 |
| Permission granted | 1 September 2023 12 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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Braintree approves 100% of battery storage schemes. Redline puts that number, and everything else the record holds, against your own boundary: the authority’s actual approval rate and decision times, every designation inside the red line, agricultural grade, 1 m LIDAR earthworks, how contested the grid is, and yield with a P90 — before you spend on a consultant.
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban agricultural land.
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.
Braintree’s record on battery storage
Braintree has decided 8 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 3.9 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Braintree →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | — | 3.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 35 | 3.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 3.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 4.3 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 10 | 4.4 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Under Construction | 1.8 | 5.6 km |
EfW Incineration · Under Construction | 49.8 | 5.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6 | 5.6 km |
How big is Braintree Road, Cressing - Battery Storage?
Braintree Road, Cressing - Battery Storage has a recorded installed capacity of 57 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 Braintree Road, Cressing - Battery Storage?
REPD records the operator as Pivot Power (EDF Renewables). 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 Braintree Road, Cressing - Battery Storage approved and built?
The application was submitted on 17 August 2022. Permission was granted on 1 September 2023, 12 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 11995.
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