Ashday Hall Farm, Ashday Lane (65 MW battery storage)
Ashday Hall Farm, Ashday Lane is a 65 MW battery storage project in Calderdale, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 12 March 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 24 March 2025.
65 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
24 March 2025record last updated
Calderdalecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 9 August 2024 | Application submitted |
| 12 March 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 12 March 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 65 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 24 March 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Sandbrook Capital Bes Limited
- Planning authority
- Calderdale
- Planning application reference
- 24/00680/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Ashday Hall Farm, Ashday Lane, Halifax, Elland
- Council area (by location)
- Calderdale
- Time to decision
- 31 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Ashday Hall Farm, Ashday Lane - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 16909
Who decides
| Applications | Calderdale | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 18 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 6 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 6 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowfields Energy Storage Project | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.8 |
| Stainland Road, Salterhebble | battery storage | 25 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Swales Moor Farm | battery storage | 5 | permission expired | 6.3 |
| Stainland Road | battery storage | 20 | application withdrawn | 6.6 |
| Holmfield Battery Storage | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 7.7 |
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 (53.6983, -1.817).