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Chapel Farm
Chapel Farm is an operational 49.5 MW battery storage site in Central Bedfordshire, generating since 1 May 2023. Planning permission was granted on 18 January 2019, 8 months after submission. Operator of record: Harmony Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 8 May 2018 |
| Permission granted | 18 January 2019 8 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 May 2023 51 months after consent |
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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.
- Green Belt — Central Bedfordshire
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.
Central Bedfordshire’s record on battery storage
Central Bedfordshire has decided 17 battery storage schemes and approved 94%, taking a median of 6 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Central Bedfordshire →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | 49.9 | 0.6 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2.6 | 2.1 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.1 | 4.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | — | 5.4 km |
Battery · Under Construction | — | 5.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 15 | 6.1 km |
Battery · Operational | 21 | 6.7 km |
Battery · Operational | 6 | 7 km |
How big is Chapel Farm?
Chapel Farm has a recorded installed capacity of 49.5 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 Chapel Farm?
REPD records the operator as Harmony Energy. 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 Chapel Farm approved and built?
The application was submitted on 8 May 2018. Permission was granted on 18 January 2019, 8 months later. The site became operational on 1 May 2023, 51 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 7058.
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