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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Cleve Hill Solar Park

CLEVE HILL SOLAR PARK LIMITED at Cleve Hill 400kV Substation

Connection date
Increase at an existing station: +200 MW from 2 Jun 2036
Gate
Not stated
Status
Built
Planning consent
Granted 28 May 2020
Cleve Hill Solar Park (EN010085) · Source: Planning Inspectorate
Technology
Demand + Storage + Solar
Total capacity
550 MW
Connected now
350 MW
Still to connect
200 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-001097
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

What would CMP470’s commitment fee do to a battery like this? See the use case: Will CMP470’s commitment fee clear the battery queue?

Change history

Every change to this project across 151 registers from 29 Jan 2021 to 5 Nov 2026.

  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Capacity changed from 0 MW to 200 MW
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Connection date set to 2 Jun 2036
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Technology changed from Storage, Solar to Demand, Storage, Solar
  • 29 Apr 2025 register
    350 MW now connected
  • 29 Apr 2025 register
    Status changed from Under Construction/Commissioning to Built
  • 29 Sep 2023 register
    Connection date moved from 31 Jul 2023 to 22 Mar 2024 (+8 months)
  • 29 Sep 2023 register
    Status changed from Consents Approved to Under Construction/Commissioning
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Cleve Hill 400kV to Cleve Hill 400kV Substation)
  • 29 Apr 2022 register
    Connection date moved from 30 May 2022 to 31 Jul 2023 (+14 months)

Also at Cleve Hill 400kV Substation

Substation view

No other projects in the register at this connection point.

Status definitions (NESO)

Scoping: NESO is not aware that a planning application has been made.

Awaiting Consents: NESO is aware, or the customer has told it, that a planning application has been made.

Consents Approved: NESO is aware, or the customer has told it, that the planning application has been approved.

Terminated: used by NESO only in its register of 30 April 2021, for two projects that left the register the next month.

These statuses are NESO’s, not QueueWatch’s, and NESO describes them as “as far as we are aware”, so a project may be further along than its status shows.

Source: NESO

Planning consent

The planning decision for this project, from the Planning Inspectorate. NESO’s status can lag behind planning decisions, so the two may differ.

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