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Freshfields, Fairy Lane - Battery Storage
Freshfields, Fairy Lane - Battery Storage is a 99.9 MW battery storage site under construction in Trafford. Planning permission was granted on 20 March 2023, 5 months after submission. Operator of record: STOR Power Utilities Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 25 October 2022 |
| Permission granted | 20 March 2023 5 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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Trafford approves 89% 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 Non Agricultural agricultural land.
- Green Belt — Trafford
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.
Trafford’s record on battery storage
Trafford has decided 9 battery storage schemes and approved 89%, taking a median of 7.4 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Trafford →
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|---|---|---|
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Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.5 | 5.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.17 | 6.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.48 | 7.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.27 | 7.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.6 | 7.8 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 33.5 | 7.8 km |
How big is Freshfields, Fairy Lane - Battery Storage?
Freshfields, Fairy Lane - Battery Storage has a recorded installed capacity of 99.9 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 Freshfields, Fairy Lane - Battery Storage?
REPD records the operator as STOR Power Utilities 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 Freshfields, Fairy Lane - Battery Storage approved and built?
The application was submitted on 25 October 2022. Permission was granted on 20 March 2023, 5 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 12694.
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