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Welkin Road, Bredbury - Battery Storage System
Welkin Road, Bredbury - Battery Storage System is an operational 20 MW battery storage site in Stockport, generating since 5 January 2026. Planning permission was granted on 25 January 2021, 1 months after submission. Operator of record: Arlington Energy Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 22 December 2020 |
| Permission granted | 25 January 2021 1 months after submission |
| Operational | 5 January 2026 59 months after consent |
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Stockport approves 100% 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 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.
- Green Belt — Stockport
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.
Stockport’s record on battery storage
Stockport has decided 8 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 6.7 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Stockport →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Under Construction | 49.9 | 0.1 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 49.9 | 0.3 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 2 | 1.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.27 | 2.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.16 | 3.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.7 | 5.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 3 | 6.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 0.6 | 7.3 km |
How big is Welkin Road, Bredbury - Battery Storage System?
Welkin Road, Bredbury - Battery Storage System has a recorded installed capacity of 20 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 Welkin Road, Bredbury - Battery Storage System?
REPD records the operator as Arlington Energy Limited. 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 Welkin Road, Bredbury - Battery Storage System approved and built?
The application was submitted on 22 December 2020. Permission was granted on 25 January 2021, 1 months later. The site became operational on 5 January 2026, 59 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 13740.
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