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Waterswallows Road - Buxton Battery Storage Equipment
Waterswallows Road - Buxton Battery Storage Equipment is an operational 15 MW battery storage site in High Peak, generating since 11 April 2024. Planning permission was granted on 8 April 2022, 2 months after submission. Operator of record: Atlantic Green.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 11 February 2022 |
| Permission granted | 8 April 2022 2 months after submission |
| Operational | 11 April 2024 24 months after consent |
Screening a site of your own?
High Peak approves 86% of battery storage schemes. Redline puts that number, and everything else the record holds, against your own boundary: the authority’s actual approval rate and decision times, every designation inside the red line, agricultural grade, 1 m LIDAR earthworks, how contested the grid is, and yield with a P90 — before you spend on a consultant.
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 4 agricultural land.
- Nutrient-neutrality catchment — Peak District Dales SAC
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.
High Peak’s record on battery storage
High Peak has decided 7 battery storage schemes and approved 86%, taking a median of 2.8 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in High Peak →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | 15 | 0 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 3.1 | 12.5 km |
How big is Waterswallows Road - Buxton Battery Storage Equipment?
Waterswallows Road - Buxton Battery Storage Equipment has a recorded installed capacity of 15 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 Waterswallows Road - Buxton Battery Storage Equipment?
REPD records the operator as Atlantic Green. 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 Waterswallows Road - Buxton Battery Storage Equipment approved and built?
The application was submitted on 11 February 2022. Permission was granted on 8 April 2022, 2 months later. The site became operational on 11 April 2024, 24 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 20381.
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