Power plant · Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Post Farm, Lytchett Minster - Battery Energy Storage
Post Farm, Lytchett Minster - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, with 32 MW of capacity, operated by S4N Lytchett Limited.
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 | Dorset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Post Farm Lytchett Minster Poole, BH16 6AB | 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 | 28 Nov 2024 (permit P/FUL/2023/02819, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 May 2023 (reference P/FUL/2023/02819, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Nov 2024 (granted, reference P/FUL/2023/02819, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | S4N Lytchett Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 32 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 | 50.7424, -2.0428 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Post Farm, Lytchett Minster - Battery Energy Storage is the 976th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,550th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 32 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 | 976th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,550th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,935th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 158 grid connections (97 operating, 801 MW), 116 substations and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land on the West Side of Blandford Road - Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Lytchett BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Lytchett Solar Farm - PV and Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 12 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| Lytchett Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 64 MW | Planned | 1.3 km |
| Corfe Mullen Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Creekmoor Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 50 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.