Planning application · Battery storage · South Cambridgeshire
Highfield Farm, Royston Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
Awaiting Construction4.5 MWApplication 23/01317/FULSubmitted 5 April 2023Granted 3 August 2023
The application
- Application number
- 23/01317/FUL
- Planning authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- County or area
- Cambridgeshire
- Nation
- England
- Technology
- Battery storage (Co-located with RE)
- Capacity
- 4.5 MW
- Status
- Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
- Operator or applicant
- Grupotec Solar 3 UK Limited
- Location
- Highfield Farm, Royston Road, Litlington, SG8 9NJ
Timeline
- 5 April 2023 Planning application submitted
- 3 August 2023 Planning permission expired
- 3 August 2023 Planning permission granted
Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site
The pack for this site lists 5 comparable battery incidents in the United Kingdom, grid-scale only, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-0109, Fire in single battery unit at Thurrock BESS under construction, 71 km from this site.
| Reference | Year | Incident | From the site | Severity |
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| EIR-0109 | 2025 | Fire in single battery unit at Thurrock BESS under construction | 71 km | Significant |
| EIR-0058 | 2025 | Fire in two battery containers at Cirencester Hybrid Solar Farm, Gloucestershire | 133 km | Significant |
| EIR-0584 | 2026 | Fire in a battery container at Rufford Colliery BESS, Rainworth, caused by a short circuit in NMC cells | 139 km | Significant |
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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Highfield Farm, Royston Road - Solar Farm & Battery Storage from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.
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