Power plant · Mid Devon, England, United Kingdom
Junction 27, Westleigh - Battery Storage
Junction 27, Westleigh - Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Mid Devon, England, United Kingdom, with 400 MW of capacity, operated by Clearstone Energy.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Mid Devon (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North of A361, Junction 27 Westleigh, EX16 7ES | 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 | 12 Apr 2024 (permit 23/01351/MFUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Mid Devon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Sept 2023 (reference 23/01351/MFUL, planning authority Mid Devon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Apr 2024 (granted, reference 23/01351/MFUL, planning authority Mid Devon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Clearstone Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 400 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 | 50.9427, -3.3488 | 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.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Mid Devon, reference 23/01351/MFUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Mid Devon, reference 23/01351/MFUL)
How it compares
Junction 27, Westleigh - Battery Storage is the 103rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 157th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 400 MW is 0.13% 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 | 103rd of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.22% |
| United Kingdom | 157th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | 0.13% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 351st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 grid connections (1 operating, 4.01 MW), 3 substations and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newlands Power Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 52.5 MW | Planned | 34 km |
| Axminster GSP | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
| Pipplepen Farm Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 32.6 MW | Planned | 43 km |
| Bunford Park Development grid connection | Grid connection | 6.17 MW | Planned | 48 km |
| Larkhill Primary | Substation | — | — | 48 km |
| West Hendford Primary | Substation | — | — | 50 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.