Aldon Road (6 MW battery storage)
Aldon Road is a 6 MW battery storage project in Wyre, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 12 January 2021; the record was last updated on 4 June 2020.
6 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
4 June 2020record last updated
Wyrecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Application submitted |
| 8 December 2017 | Planning permission granted |
| 12 January 2021 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with fossil fuel plant)
- Capacity
- 6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 4 June 2020
- Operator or applicant
- STOR Power
- Planning authority
- Wyre
- Planning application reference
- 17/00912/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land Off, Aldon Road, Poulton Industrial Estate, Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire
- Council area (by location)
- Wyre
- Time to decision
- 10 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7070
Who decides
| Applications | Wyre | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 19 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (21%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 11 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 4 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocker Avenue Energy storage facility | battery storage | 7.5 | approved, not built | 0.2 |
| Smithy Lane, Staining Solar PV Panels & BESS | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 2.4 |
| Bristol Avenue | battery storage | 25 | approved, not built | 3.6 |
| Cask Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 4.2 |
| Peel Road Phase 2 Solar Farm | solar farm | 13 | application submitted | 6.6 |
| Peel Road | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Lawns Solar Farm | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 7.7 |
| Lowland Farm, Peel Road | battery storage | 100 | application submitted | 7.9 |
| Land off Moss Side Lane | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.1 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (53.8429, -2.9749).