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Unit 5 XL Business Park
Unit 5 XL Business Park is a 49.9 MW battery storage site under construction in West Lancashire. Planning permission was granted on 18 December 2017, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: Amber Infrastructure Group.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 13 September 2017 |
| Permission granted | 18 December 2017 3 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 1 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.
West Lancashire’s record on battery storage
West Lancashire has decided 5 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 4.5 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in West Lancashire →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.5 | 0.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.5 | 1.4 km |
Battery · Operational | 2 | 1.4 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 4.5 | 5.9 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 2.9 | 6.1 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1.4 | 6.1 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 1 | 7.3 km |
Wind Onshore · Operational | 2.3 | 8.1 km |
How big is Unit 5 XL Business Park?
Unit 5 XL Business Park has a recorded installed capacity of 49.9 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 Unit 5 XL Business Park?
REPD records the operator as Amber Infrastructure Group. 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 Unit 5 XL Business Park approved and built?
The application was submitted on 13 September 2017. Permission was granted on 18 December 2017, 3 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 7985.
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