Power plant · Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
Fordtead Lane, Thorpe Marsh - Battery Energy Facility
Fordtead Lane, Thorpe Marsh - Battery Energy Facility is a permitted battery storage plant in Doncaster, England, United Kingdom, with 180 MW of capacity, operated by Newton Energi Limited.
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 | Land At Fordstead Lane Almholme Doncaster, DN5 0LN | 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 | 30 Apr 2024 (permit 23/01746/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 13 Sept 2023 (reference 23/01746/FULM, planning authority Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 Apr 2024 (granted, reference 23/01746/FULM, planning authority Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Newton Energi Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 180 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 | 53.5677, -1.1065 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Doncaster, reference 23/01746/FULM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Doncaster, reference 23/01746/FULM)
How it compares
Fordtead Lane, Thorpe Marsh - Battery Energy Facility is the 204th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 319th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 180 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 204th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | 0.11% |
| United Kingdom | 319th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 913th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 413 grid connections (212 operating, 2,276 MW), 331 substations, 8 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 180 MW grid connection at Fordstead Lane BESS | Grid connection | 180 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 89.9 MW grid connection at South Road Mixed Tech | Grid connection | 89.9 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Rockware | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Waste 30 MW grid connection at Sandall Stones W2E | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Kirk Sandall | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Bentley | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 7.1 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 20 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
Operator and place
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- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
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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.
- 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.
- 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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