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Land at and adjacent to Leicester Forest Services
Land at and adjacent to Leicester Forest Services is an operational 1.5 MW battery storage site in Blaby, generating since 1 January 2021. Planning permission was granted on 7 February 2022, 56 months after submission. Operator of record: Camborne Energy Storage.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 16 June 2017 |
| Permission granted | 7 February 2022 56 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 January 2021 |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban agricultural land.
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.
Blaby’s record on battery storage
Blaby has decided 5 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 5.3 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Blaby →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | 57 | 2.3 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.9 | 2.4 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 4.9 | 2.5 km |
Battery · Operational | 49.9 | 2.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 0.49 | 3.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 4.3 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2.5 | 4.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | — | 5 km |
How big is Land at and adjacent to Leicester Forest Services?
Land at and adjacent to Leicester Forest Services has a recorded installed capacity of 1.5 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 Land at and adjacent to Leicester Forest Services?
REPD records the operator as Camborne Energy Storage. 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 Land at and adjacent to Leicester Forest Services approved and built?
The application was submitted on 16 June 2017. Permission was granted on 7 February 2022, 56 months later. The site became operational on 1 January 2021.
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 6995.
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