Power plant · Sunderland, England, United Kingdom
Hastings Hill Farm, Foxcover Road - Battery Energy Storage
Hastings Hill Farm, Foxcover Road - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, with 38 MW of capacity, operated by Root Power Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Sunderland (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hastings Hill Farm, Foxcover Road, East Herrington, Sunderland, SR4 9LB | 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 | 24 Jul 2025 (permit 24/02111/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Sunderland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 18 Oct 2024 (ref. 24/02111/FUL, Sunderland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Jul 2025 (granted, ref. 24/02111/FUL, Sunderland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Root Power Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 38 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.8852, -1.4452 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Hastings Hill Farm, Foxcover Road - Battery Energy Storage is the 919th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,453rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 38 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 919th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,453rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,689th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 279 grid connections (142 operating, 1,703 MW) and 165 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 38 MW grid connection at Hastings Hills BESS | Grid connection | 38 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Battery storage 30 MW grid connection at Foxcover Road BESS | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Offerton | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Offerton 33/11kV | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Solar 2.09 MW grid connection at Pallion Trading | Grid connection | 2.09 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Mount Road | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.