Power plant · Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Leechpool Farm, Norrington Battery Storage
Leechpool Farm, Norrington Battery Storage is a cancelled power plant in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, with 13 MW of capacity, operated by Ecotricity.
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 | Wiltshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Leechpool Farm, Norrington Lane, Broughton Gifford, Melksham, SN12 8LS | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 May 2018 (reference 18/04039/FUL, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ecotricity | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 13 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 | 51.3813, -2.1633 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit expired
- Permit applied for (planning authority Wiltshire, reference 18/04039/FUL)
How it compares
Leechpool Farm, Norrington Battery Storage is the 881st-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,558th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 13 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 881st of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,558th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,807th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 183 grid connections (112 operating, 1,199 MW), 98 substations, 7 data centers, 2 transmission lines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.3MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 25.3 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Norrington BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Norrington PV Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| 99.9MW BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Melksham GSP | Substation | — | — | 1.5 km |
| Melksham Town Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 5.7 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 25 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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.