Power plant · Cherwell, England, United Kingdom
Woodstock Road, Yarnton - Battery Energy Storage System
Woodstock Road, Yarnton - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Cherwell, England, United Kingdom, with 52 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Connections Developments 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 | Cherwell (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Oxford South Depot 1 Woodstock Road Yarnton, OX5 1NY | 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 | 13 Jun 2025 (permit 24/02872/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 28 Oct 2024 (ref. 24/02872/F, Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Jun 2025 (granted, ref. 24/02872/F, Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Connections Developments Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 52 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 | 51.8062, -1.2973 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Woodstock Road, Yarnton - Battery Energy Storage System is the 420th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 748th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 52 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 | 420th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 748th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,806th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 244 grid connections (78 operating, 821 MW) and 147 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarnton BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Yarnton Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Minnis Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Knightsbridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 48.1 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Flit Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Lovelace Road Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
Operator and place
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- 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
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.
- 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.