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Lakeside Business Park
Lakeside Business Park is a 2 MW battery storage site under construction in Portsmouth. Planning permission was granted on 1 November 2022, 5 months after submission. Operator of record: Custom Solar Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 10 June 2022 |
| Permission granted | 1 November 2022 5 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban agricultural land.
- Nutrient-neutrality catchment — Solent: Includes Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA/Ramsar, Solent and Southampton Water SPA/Ramsar, Solent Maritime SAC, Portsmouth Harbour SPA/Ramsar
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 · Under Construction | 4.5 | 0 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2.4 | 1.3 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 14 | 2.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 1.2 | 3.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.2 | 3.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 48 | 5.1 km |
Battery · Operational | 40 | 8.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 20.5 | 8.6 km |
How big is Lakeside Business Park?
Lakeside Business Park has a recorded installed capacity of 2 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 Lakeside Business Park?
REPD records the operator as Custom Solar 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 Lakeside Business Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 10 June 2022. Permission was granted on 1 November 2022, 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 15004.
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