Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Ryedale Farm, Seaton Common Lane - Battery Energy Storage
Ryedale Farm, Seaton Common Lane - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted battery storage plant in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 300 MW of capacity, operated by RPC Elmya Carnation Foxdale 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 | East Riding of Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O Ryedale Farm, Seaton Common Lane, Melbourne, York, YO42 4ST | 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 Dec 2025 (permit 25/01321/STPLF, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 25 Jun 2025 (reference 25/01321/STPLF, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Dec 2025 (granted, reference 25/01321/STPLF, planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | RPC Elmya Carnation Foxdale Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 300 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 | 53.8774, -0.8391 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire, reference 25/01321/STPLF)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Riding of Yorkshire, reference 25/01321/STPLF)
How it compares
Ryedale Farm, Seaton Common Lane - Battery Energy Storage is the 140th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 212th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 300 MW is 0.11% of the 279,068 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 | 140th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | 0.18% |
| United Kingdom | 212th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | 0.11% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 488th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 403 grid connections (198 operating, 2,562 MW), 225 substations, 5 data centers and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandhill Lane | Substation | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Hayton | Substation | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Waste 1.995 MW grid connection at Southgate | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 7.3 km |
| Solar 2.66 MW grid connection at Elvington | Grid connection | 2.66 MW | Planned | 8.1 km |
| Elvington | Substation | — | — | 8.9 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 12.5 MW grid connection at Elvington | Grid connection | 12.5 MW | Planned | 8.9 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 29 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 29 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 40 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.
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- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.
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