Power plant · Forest of Dean, England, United Kingdom
Foxs Lane Battery Storage
Foxs Lane Battery Storage is a cancelled battery storage plant in Forest of Dean, England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by Camborne Energy Storage.
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 | Forest of Dean (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land Off Foxs Lane, Bixhead, Coleford, GL16 7ED | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 May 2017 (reference P0723/17/FUL, planning authority Forest of Dean) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Jul 2017 (withdrawn, reference P0723/17/FUL, planning authority Forest of Dean) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Camborne Energy Storage (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 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 | 51.7958, -2.5894 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Withdrawn (planning authority Forest of Dean, reference P0723/17/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Forest of Dean, reference P0723/17/FUL)
How it compares
Foxs Lane is the 2,172nd-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 3,288th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,172nd of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,288th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,909th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 28 grid connections (16 operating, 313 MW), 17 substations, 9 data centers and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DXC Technology | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 34 km |
| Tetbury Primary | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Marsh Farm B PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 39 km |
| Long Newton PV grid connection | Grid connection | 5.8 MW | Operating | 39 km |
| Sunstroom grid connection | Grid connection | 4.28 MW | Operating | 39 km |
| Kemble RAF Primary | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
Operator and place
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- Staythorpe1,828 MW
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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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