Battery Energy Storage System Development in Ballymena (79 MW)
Battery Energy Storage System Development in Ballymena is a 79 MW battery storage project in Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 20 October 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 10 November 2025.
79 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
10 November 2025record last updated
Antrim and Newtownabbeycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 June 2024 | Application submitted |
| 20 October 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 20 October 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 79 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 10 November 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Green Frog Power
- Planning authority
- South Antrim
- Planning application reference
- LA03/2024/0435/F
- Address (REPD)
- Lands Approximately 342m SE of Kells SubStn. and, Approximately 105m E. of 43, Kells, Ballymena
- Council area (by location)
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Time to decision
- 70 weeks
- REPD reference
- 16744
Who decides
| Applications | Antrim and Newtownabbey | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (20%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 14 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 19 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 48.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 7 / 3 | — |
UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: Antrim and Newtownabbey, South Antrim.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carncome, Lislunnan Road | battery storage | 150 | approved, not built | 1.3 |
| Kells Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | application submitted | 1.4 |
| Corby Knowe | wind farm | 5 | operational | 1.5 |
| Whappstown & Castlegore Windfarms | wind farm | 23.1 | approved, not built | 2.7 |
| Wolf Bog Wind Farm | wind farm | 8.8 | operational | 5.2 |
| Steeple Road | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Drumadarragh Wind Farm | wind farm | 8 | refused on appeal | 6.8 |
| Cloghinarney | wind farm | 13.8 | refused on appeal | 6.9 |
| Elliot's Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 5 | operational | 7.4 |
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 (54.8004, -6.162).