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Severn Road
Severn Road is an operational 32 MW battery storage site in Bristol, City of, generating since 23 December 2021. Planning permission was granted on 21 February 2018, 5 months after submission. Operator of record: FPC Industry & Enterprise.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 5 October 2017 |
| Permission granted | 21 February 2018 5 months after submission |
| Operational | 23 December 2021 46 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.
Bristol, City of’s record on battery storage
Bristol, City of has decided 8 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 2.3 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Bristol, City of →
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|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.8 | 0.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 3.81 | 0.5 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 10 | 0.9 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 8.2 | 1.2 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 34 | 1.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.8 | 1.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.2 | 1.7 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2.5 | 2 km |
How big is Severn Road?
Severn Road has a recorded installed capacity of 32 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 Severn Road?
REPD records the operator as FPC Industry & Enterprise. 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 Severn Road approved and built?
The application was submitted on 5 October 2017. Permission was granted on 21 February 2018, 5 months later. The site became operational on 23 December 2021, 46 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 7085.
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