Land with grid capacity for storage
Open land of 0.5 ha or more within 1 km of a primary substation, ordered by the smaller of its spare generation and spare demand capacity: a battery charges and exports, so it needs both.
15,245 sites fit this search today
Imagery: Mapbox and Maxar. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE, Crown copyright.
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What the search looks for
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Open the search- 0.5 ha or more of open land within 1 km of a primary substation
- Three addresses or fewer
In this order: the most spare capacity both ways first (much of the grid has none).
On every site
- Room and access
- The widest circle that fits inside the plot, its road frontage, and the addresses on it.
- What changes the route to consent
- Conservation areas, national landscapes, national parks, listed buildings and SSSIs, mapped against the plot.
- Who to ask
- The kind of owner, from HM Land Registry, and the planning history of the plot.
Why these rules
A battery charges and exports, so it needs both: the smaller of the spare generation and spare demand capacity (the headroom each network operator publishes for its primary substations; a connection application fixes the final figure). Larger projects joining the national queue must hold land rights, an option, a lease or the freehold, to keep their place (Ofgem's connections reform decision, April 2025).
A new 11 kV cable costs about £110 to £380 a metre and a 33 kV one £1,700 to £3,200 (Electricity North West's connection charges, June 2026), so the distance matters. Woodland is left out.
Sites from the search
Six of the sites the search returned on 10 November 2026. Each opens on the map with its record.
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Swaffham6.94 ha
Breckland
Primary substation Swaffham Grid 33kVDistance to that substation 312 m
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St. John, Ilketshall26.4 ha
East Suffolk
Primary substation Ilketshall Grid 33kVDistance to that substation 1.0 km
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Whitwell2.57 ha
Bolsover
Primary substation Whitwell 33Kv S StnDistance to that substation 941 m
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Ruckinge2.20 ha
Ashford
Primary substation Ruckinge Grid 33kVDistance to that substation 187 m
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Park9.20 ha
Lincoln
Primary substation Lincoln Main/No.1/No.5 132/33/11KvDistance to that substation 697 m
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Guiseley & Rawdon3.77 ha
Leeds
Primary substation Chevin EndDistance to that substation 386 m
Imagery: Mapbox and Maxar. Boundaries: HM Land Registry INSPIRE, Crown copyright.
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