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Higher Hill Farm Energy Storage
Higher Hill Farm Energy Storage is an operational 0.3 MW battery storage site in Somerset, generating since 12 September 2016. REPD does not record the planning grant date. Operator of record: British Solar Renewables / Western Power Distribution / RES.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 28 March 2011 |
| Permission granted | not recorded |
| Operational | 12 September 2016 |
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Somerset 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.
- Nutrient-neutrality catchment — Parrett Catchment
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.
Somerset’s record on battery storage
Somerset has decided 23 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 7.2 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Somerset →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.5 | 0 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 0.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 3.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.3 | 4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1 | 4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 8.7 | 4.5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3.6 | 7.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3.5 | 8.3 km |
How big is Higher Hill Farm Energy Storage?
Higher Hill Farm Energy Storage has a recorded installed capacity of 0.3 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 Higher Hill Farm Energy Storage?
REPD records the operator as British Solar Renewables / Western Power Distribution / RES. 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 Higher Hill Farm Energy Storage approved and built?
The application was submitted on 28 March 2011. REPD does not record a grant date. The site became operational on 12 September 2016.
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 6881.
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