Power plant · Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
Cheltenham General Hospital - Battery Energy Storage System
Cheltenham General Hospital - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom, with 2.19 MW of capacity, operated by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Cheltenham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Cheltenham General Hospital, Sandford Road, Cheltenham, GL53 7AN | 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 | 28 Sept 2021 (permit 21/01884/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cheltenham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 Aug 2021 (reference 21/01884/FUL, planning authority Cheltenham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Sept 2021 (granted, reference 21/01884/FUL, planning authority Cheltenham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.19 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 | 51.8926, -2.0691 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Cheltenham, reference 21/01884/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cheltenham, reference 21/01884/FUL)
How it compares
Cheltenham General Hospital - Battery Energy Storage System is the 1,832nd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,788th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.19 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 | 1,832nd of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,788th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,978th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 90 grid connections (55 operating, 718 MW), 58 substations and 7 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shipton Oliffe Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.9 km |
| Northleach Primary | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Whiteway Primary | Substation | — | — | 20 km |
| Bathurst Estates grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 21 km |
| Cirencester Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 21 km |
| Crucis Park Estate LLP grid connection | Grid connection | 12.6 MW | Planned | 22 km |
| DXC Technology | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Ionos data center, England | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 39 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.
- 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.
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