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Melksham Substation East Storage
Melksham Substation East Storage is an operational 50 MW battery storage site in Wiltshire, generating since 7 November 2022. Planning permission was granted on 26 April 2019, 24 months after submission. Operator of record: Statera Energy / Melksham East Storage.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 10 May 2017 |
| Permission granted | 26 April 2019 24 months after submission |
| Operational | 7 November 2022 42 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.
Wiltshire’s record on battery storage
Wiltshire has decided 30 battery storage schemes and approved 97%, taking a median of 13.9 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Wiltshire →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.9 | 1.3 km |
Battery · Under Construction | — | 1.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10 | 2.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 13.5 | 2.2 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.3 | 4.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 49.6 | 5.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.8 | 5.8 km |
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 10 May 2017. Permission was granted on 26 April 2019, 24 months later. The site became operational on 7 November 2022, 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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