Power plant · Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Weston Lane - Battery Storage Facility
Weston Lane - Battery Storage Facility is a cancelled power plant in Southampton, England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Anglo Renewables.
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 | Southampton (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land At Weston Lane Nursling, SO19 9HX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 29 Nov 2023 (reference 23/03055/FULLS, planning authority Southampton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Jun 2025 (refused, reference 23/03055/FULLS, planning authority Southampton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Anglo Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 | 50.8928, -1.3535 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit refused (planning authority Southampton, reference 23/03055/FULLS)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Southampton, reference 23/03055/FULLS)
How it compares
Weston Lane - Battery Storage Facility is the 175th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 362nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 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 | 175th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 362nd of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,865th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 229 grid connections (129 operating, 1,158 MW), 194 substations, 8 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weston Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Waste 1.197 MW grid connection at Weston | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Netley PV grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Woolston Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Netley Common BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| 1MVA Import and 990KW CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 4.1 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 7.4 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 7.9 km |
| Astrohouse | Data center | — | — | 8.0 km |
Operator and place
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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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.
- 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.
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