Granborough storage site rejected by Buckinghamshire Council

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Katharine Da Costa/BBC Seven people stand in a row outside a council office, in protest against the proposed battery site. A lady in the middle holds a bright pink sign saying "NO to Stater Battery Storage". There are two women and five men, all wearing winter coats.Katharine Da Costa/BBC

Conservative committee chairman Alan Turner told fellow councillors this proposal was ultimately a “business opportunity”

Plans to build an electricity storage station have been rejected by a council after hundreds of people objected.

A committee at Buckinghamshire Council voted by a majority of seven to two to throw out proposals for the 500MW storage facility near Granborough, a village between Buckingham and Aylesbury.

Statera Energy wanted to store batteries in 518 shipping containers on what would have been a 33-hectare site.

The company said it was “disappointed” by the decision and would look at next steps.

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