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Hawkers Hill Energy Park
Hawkers Hill Energy Park is an operational 20 MW battery storage site in Dorset, generating since 3 October 2022. Planning permission was granted on 22 September 2017, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: Tag Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 28 July 2017 |
| Permission granted | 22 September 2017 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 3 October 2022 60 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.
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.
Dorset’s record on battery storage
Dorset has decided 15 battery storage schemes and approved 87%, taking a median of 7 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Dorset →
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How big is Hawkers Hill Energy Park?
Hawkers Hill Energy Park has a recorded installed capacity of 20 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 Hawkers Hill Energy Park?
REPD records the operator as Tag 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 Hawkers Hill Energy Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 28 July 2017. Permission was granted on 22 September 2017, 2 months later. The site became operational on 3 October 2022, 60 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 12293.
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