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Wick Farm, Melksham Substation
Wick Farm, Melksham Substation is a battery storage site under construction in Wiltshire. Planning permission was granted on 17 December 2021, 16 months after submission. Operator of record: JBM Solar Projects.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 19 August 2020 |
| Permission granted | 17 December 2021 16 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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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
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Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.9 | 0 km |
Battery · Operational | 50 | 1.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 13.5 | 3.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10 | 3.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 49.6 | 5 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.3 | 5.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 1.8 | 5.7 km |
Anaerobic Digestion · Operational | 1.5 | 7.2 km |
How big is Wick Farm, Melksham Substation?
REPD does not record an installed capacity for Wick Farm, Melksham Substation.
Who operates Wick Farm, Melksham Substation?
REPD records the operator as JBM Solar Projects. 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 Wick Farm, Melksham Substation approved and built?
The application was submitted on 19 August 2020. Permission was granted on 17 December 2021, 16 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 8063.
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