Salisbury Substation (49.5 MW battery storage)
Salisbury Substation is a 49.5 MW battery storage project in Wiltshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 April 2024; the record was last updated on 4 June 2026.
49.5 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
4 June 2026record last updated
Wiltshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 August 2019 | Application submitted |
| 3 December 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 September 2022 | Construction started |
| 1 April 2024 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 4 June 2026
- Operator or applicant
- SSE Renewables
- Planning authority
- Wiltshire
- Planning application reference
- 19/05443/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land Adjacent To, Salisbury Substation, Wilton, Salisbury,
- Council area (by location)
- Wiltshire
- Time to decision
- 122 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7510
Who decides
| Applications | Wiltshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 140 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 18 (13%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 13 of 110 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 29 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 7 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bake Farm | solar farm | 16.1 | application withdrawn | 4.0 |
| Bake Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.0 |
| Beech Tree Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| Blackthorn Solar Farm | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 9.8 |
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 (51.082, -1.8522).