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Burwell - Battery Storage
Burwell - Battery Storage is an operational 50 MW battery storage site in East Cambridgeshire, generating since 17 February 2022. Planning permission was granted on 5 April 2018, 4 months after submission. Operator of record: SMS Energy Services.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 19 December 2017 |
| Permission granted | 5 April 2018 4 months after submission |
| Operational | 17 February 2022 46 months after consent |
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East Cambridgeshire 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 Grade 3 agricultural land. The published survey does not split Grade 3 into 3a and 3b, so this alone does not settle whether the land counts as best and most versatile.
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.
East Cambridgeshire’s record on battery storage
East Cambridgeshire has decided 6 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 5.5 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in East Cambridgeshire →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.9 | 1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 39.5 | 1.7 km |
Battery · Operational | 0.66 | 2.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 49.9 | 2.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 29.9 | 3.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 28 | 4.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 29.4 | 4.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5.1 km |
How big is Burwell - Battery Storage?
Burwell - Battery Storage has a recorded installed capacity of 50 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 Burwell - Battery Storage?
REPD records the operator as SMS Energy Services. 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 Burwell - Battery Storage approved and built?
The application was submitted on 19 December 2017. Permission was granted on 5 April 2018, 4 months later. The site became operational on 17 February 2022, 46 months after consent.
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 15994.
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