Beaufort Road (20 MW battery storage)
Beaufort Road is a 20 MW battery storage project in Wirral, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 4 November 2019; the record was last updated on 28 April 2020.
20 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
28 April 2020record last updated
Wirralcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Application submitted |
| 4 November 2019 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 28 April 2020
- Operator or applicant
- UK Power Reserve
- Planning authority
- Wirral
- Planning application reference
- APP/16/01212
- Address (REPD)
- Land north of, Beaufort Road, Birkenhead, Merseyside
- Council area (by location)
- Wirral
- REPD reference
- 7128
Who decides
| Applications | Wirral | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 11 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 0 (0%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 9 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 7.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britannia House | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 0.5 |
| Port of Liverpool wind | wind farm | 10 | operational | 5.9 |
| Hawthorne Road | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 7.5 |
| Land at Carnegie Road | battery storage | 20 | operational | 8.2 |
| Liverpool Energy Management Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 8.2 |
| Lister Drive | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 8.2 |
| Carnegie Road (Phase 2) | battery storage | 40 | permission expired | 8.2 |
| Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 6 | approved, not built | 8.6 |
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 (53.4032, -3.0488).