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Melksham Substation East Storage
Melksham Substation East Storage is operational in Wiltshire with a recorded capacity of 50 MW, and has been generating since 2022-11-07.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 2017-05-10 |
| Permission granted | 2019-04-26 24 months after submission |
| Operational | 2022-11-07 42 months after consent |
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.
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Wick Farm Melksham Substation Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.9 | 1.3 km |
Wick Farm, Melksham Substation Battery · Under Construction | — | 1.3 km |
Norrington Common Solar Farm Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10 | 2.1 km |
Roundponds Farm Solar Park Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 13.5 | 2.2 km |
Manor Farm (Wiltshire) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.3 | 4.7 km |
Snarlton Farm (Melksham solar farm) Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 49.6 | 5.3 km |
CRAYSMARSH SOLAR FARM Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.8 | 5.8 km |
Marsh Farm Hilperton Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 9.1 | 6.7 km |
How big is Melksham Substation East Storage?
Melksham Substation East Storage has a recorded installed capacity of 50 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 Melksham Substation East Storage?
REPD records the operator as Statera Energy / Melksham East 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 Melksham Substation East Storage approved and built?
The application was submitted on 2017-05-10. Permission was granted on 2019-04-26, 24 months later. The site became operational on 2022-11-07, 42 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 6953.
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