Power plant · Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
Butt Lane, Hooton Pagnell Battery Energy Storage
Butt Lane, Hooton Pagnell Battery Energy Storage is a planned power plant in Doncaster, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by British Solar Renewables.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Doncaster (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Butt Lane, Hooton Pagnell, Doncaster, DN5 7BW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Dec 2025 (reference 25/02389/FULM, planning authority Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | British Solar Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5678, -1.2645 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Doncaster, reference 25/02389/FULM)
How it compares
Butt Lane, Hooton Pagnell Battery Energy Storage is the 991st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,569th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 991st of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,569th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,981st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 413 grid connections (216 operating, 2,261 MW), 361 substations, 11 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage and Solar and Wind 62.5 MW grid connection at Hooton Pagnell Hybrid | Grid connection | 62.5 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| South Elmsall | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Solar 25 MW grid connection at South Elmsall | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 2.2 km |
| Wind 8.2 MW grid connection at Hampole Windfarm | Grid connection | 8.2 MW | Operating | 3.0 km |
| Hickleton | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Brodsworth | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
Operator and place
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- Brailsford Solar Park, Main Road - Solar Panels55 MW · planned
- Cutbush Farm, Belchamp St Paul - Solar Array50 MW · under construction
- South Fambridge Hall - Solar farm & Battery storage50 MW · under construction
- Butt Lane, Hooton Pagnell - Solar Farm49.9 MW · planned
- Worlds End Solar Farm49.9 MW · planned
- Newlands Farm Battery Storage Facility Phase 240 MW
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
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- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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