Power plant · Rushcliffe, England, United Kingdom
West Leake Lane, Ratcliffe - Battery Storage
West Leake Lane, Ratcliffe - Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Rushcliffe, England, United Kingdom, with 1,200 MW of capacity, operated by Sandbrook Capital BES 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 | Rushcliffe (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West Leake Lane West Leake Lane Ratcliffe On Soar, LE12 5RF | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 10 Feb 2025 (permit 23/01285/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Rushcliffe) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 4 Jul 2023 (reference 23/01285/FUL, planning authority Rushcliffe) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Mar 2024 (refused, reference 23/01285/FUL, planning authority Rushcliffe) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Feb 2025 (granted, reference 23/01285/FUL, planning authority Rushcliffe) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Feb 2025 (appeal granted, reference 23/01285/FUL, planning authority Rushcliffe) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Sandbrook Capital BES Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,200 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 | 52.8345, -1.2139 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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West Leake Lane, Ratcliffe - Battery Storage is the 23rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 40th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,200 MW is 0.4% 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 | 23rd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.64% |
| United Kingdom | 40th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.4% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 59th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | 0.18% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 6 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 18 km |
| nLighten Nottingham | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 27 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 28 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.