Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Springfield Farm, Weeland Road - Battery Energy Storage Facility
Springfield Farm, Weeland Road - Battery Energy Storage Facility is a permitted power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 240 MW of capacity, operated by Newton Energi 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 | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Springfield Farm Weeland Road Hensall, DN14 0RL | 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 | 7 May 2025 (permit ZG2024/0549/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Jun 2024 (ref. ZG2024/0549/FULM, North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 May 2025 (granted, ref. ZG2024/0549/FULM, North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Newton Energi Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 240 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 | 53.7015, -1.1255 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Springfield Farm, Weeland Road - Battery Energy Storage Facility is the 166th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 257th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 240 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 | 166th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.13% |
| United Kingdom | 257th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 644th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 487 grid connections (234 operating, 2,667 MW), 379 substations 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 240 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Springfield Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 240 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Eggborough | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Saint Gobain Glass UK Limited (Non-Exporting) grid connection | Grid connection | 16 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Pollington | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Beal | Substation | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 24 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 32 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 48 km |
Operator and place
More from Newton Energi Limited
- Springfield Farm, Hensall - Battery Energy Storage Facility240 MW · permitted
- Kellingley Farm, Stocking Lane - Battery Energy Storage240 MW · planned
- Corner Of Weeland Road, Lunn Lane - Battery Storage Facility200 MW · permitted
- Fordtead Lane, Thorpe Marsh - Battery Energy Facility180 MW · permitted
- Derehams Farm, Derehams Lane - Battery Storage126 MW · planned
- Moat Lane, Wickersley - Battery Storage Facility100 MW · permitted
- Winterton Road - Battery Energy Storage95 MW · permitted
- Green Lane, Thurcroft - Battery Energy Storage Facility85 MW · permitted
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
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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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.