Power plant · Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom
Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst - Battery Storage
Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst - Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom, with 100 MW of capacity, operated by Aura Power BESS Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Cheshire West and Chester (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | South of Capenhurst Lane Capenhurst, CH66 2NT | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 8 Dec 2023 (permit 22/03585/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Sept 2022 (reference 22/03585/FUL, planning authority Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Dec 2023 (granted, reference 22/03585/FUL, planning authority Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Aura Power BESS Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 100 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.2582, -2.9349 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Cheshire West and Chester, reference 22/03585/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cheshire West and Chester, reference 22/03585/FUL)
How it compares
Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst - Battery Storage is the 235th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 402nd-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 100 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 235th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 402nd of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,252nd of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 119 grid connections (72 operating, 565 MW), 107 substations, 10 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 1.5 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 9.8 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 25 km |
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 29 km |
| Amazon Man 8 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.39 MW | Planned | 30 km |
| Newton Le Willows | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Lymes Wood Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 1.17 MW | Operating | 30 km |
| Haydock | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.