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Winchester Battery Storage
Winchester Battery Storage is an operational 19 MW battery storage site in Winchester, generating since 1 May 2023. Planning permission was granted on 23 June 2017, 3 months after submission. Operator of record: Conrad Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 7 April 2017 |
| Permission granted | 23 June 2017 3 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 May 2023 70 months after consent |
Screening a site of your own?
Winchester approves 89% 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.
- Nutrient-neutrality catchment — River Itchen 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.
Winchester’s record on battery storage
Winchester has decided 9 battery storage schemes and approved 89%, taking a median of 5.1 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Winchester →
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Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 11.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 11.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 11 | 11.3 km |
Landfill Gas · Operational | 1 | 12.1 km |
How big is Winchester Battery Storage?
Winchester Battery Storage has a recorded installed capacity of 19 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 Winchester Battery Storage?
REPD records the operator as Conrad Energy. 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 Winchester Battery Storage approved and built?
The application was submitted on 7 April 2017. Permission was granted on 23 June 2017, 3 months later. The site became operational on 1 May 2023, 70 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 20401.
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