Planning application · Battery storage · West Devon

North Tawton Primary Substation - Battery Storage

Awaiting Construction30 MWApplication 2094/21/FULSubmitted 7 June 2021Granted 3 November 2021

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The application

Application number: 2094/21/FUL
Planning authority: West Devon
County or area: Devon
Nation: England
Technology: Battery storage (Stand-alone Storage)
Capacity: 30 MW
Status: Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
Operator or applicant: Balance Power Projects Limited
Location: S/O North Tawton Primary Substation, North Tawton, EX20 2DA

Timeline

7 June 2021 Planning application submitted
3 November 2021 Planning permission granted
3 November 2024 Planning permission expired

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-0249, Smoke and fire incident at Battery Box, Pinhoe Road, Exeter, 31 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-0249	2026	Smoke and fire incident at Battery Box, Pinhoe Road, Exeter	31 km	Significant
EIR-0058	2025	Fire in two battery containers at Cirencester Hybrid Solar Farm, Gloucestershire	172 km	Significant
EIR-0638	2020	Explosion and prolonged fire at Orsted battery storage site in Liverpool	297 km	Major
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What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

The pack is made for North Tawton Primary Substation - 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and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on.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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