Asfordby Business Park (1) (23.4 MW battery storage)
Asfordby Business Park (1) is a 23.4 MW battery storage project in Melton, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 April 2019; the record was last updated on 28 April 2020.
23.4 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
28 April 2020record last updated
Meltoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 August 2016 | Application submitted |
| 30 September 2016 | Planning permission granted |
| 8 June 2018 | Construction started |
| 1 April 2019 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with fossil fuel plant)
- Capacity
- 23.4 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 28 April 2020
- Operator or applicant
- UK Power Reserve
- Planning authority
- Melton
- Planning application reference
- 16/00522/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Zone P, Asfordby Business Park, Welby Road, Melton Mowbray,
- Council area (by location)
- Melton
- Time to decision
- 9 weeks
- REPD reference
- 6932
Who decides
| Applications | Melton | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 18 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (11%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 14 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 23.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welby Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 0.8 |
| Potters~ Hill Solar Photovoltaic Arrays | solar farm | 20 | application submitted | 1.4 |
| Asfordby Wind Farm | wind farm | 20.7 | refused on appeal | 2.0 |
| Crown Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | application withdrawn | 5.6 |
| Woodfold Lane, Brentingby Solar Farm | solar farm | 12 | application submitted | 6.0 |
| Woodfold Lane, Brentingby Solar Farm | solar farm | 45 | application submitted | 6.0 |
| Old Hall Solar farm | solar farm | 22.5 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Six Hills Solar Farm | solar farm | 18.7 | operational | 6.9 |
| Dalby | wind farm | 7.2 | operational | 8.0 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (52.7793, -0.9243).