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Dorset Green Battery
Dorset Green Battery is an operational battery storage site in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, generating since 5 April 2023. Planning permission was granted on 27 July 2021, 5 months after submission. Operator of record: Canford Renewable Energy Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 12 March 2021 |
| Permission granted | 27 July 2021 5 months after submission |
| Operational | 5 April 2023 20 months after consent |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 agricultural land.
- Green Belt — Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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.
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 0 km |
Hydrogen · Operational | 0.9 | 0 km |
Advanced Conversion Technologies · Under Construction | 10 | 0.1 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 6 | 0.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 7 | 5.6 km |
Battery · Operational | 15 | 5.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3.8 | 5.6 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 3 | 5.8 km |
How big is Dorset Green Battery?
REPD does not record an installed capacity for Dorset Green Battery.
Who operates Dorset Green Battery?
REPD records the operator as Canford Renewable Energy Limited. 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 Dorset Green Battery approved and built?
The application was submitted on 12 March 2021. Permission was granted on 27 July 2021, 5 months later. The site became operational on 5 April 2023, 20 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 11690.
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