Bristol Avenue (25 MW battery storage)
Bristol Avenue is a 25 MW battery storage project in Blackpool, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 11 May 2021, not yet built; the record was last updated on 17 May 2021. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 11 May 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 11 May 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 21 January 2021 | Application submitted |
| 11 May 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 11 May 2024 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 25 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 17 May 2021
- Operator or applicant
- Henco International Limited
- Planning authority
- Blackpool
- Planning application reference
- 21/0246
- Address (REPD)
- 281 BRISTOL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL,
- Council area (by location)
- Blackpool
- Time to decision
- 16 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Bristol Avenue - Battery Energy Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 8809
Who decides
Blackpool has 7 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldon Road | battery storage | 6 | permission expired | 3.6 |
| Cocker Avenue Energy storage facility | battery storage | 7.5 | approved, not built | 3.7 |
| Smithy Lane, Staining Solar PV Panels & BESS | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 4.2 |
| Cask Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 6.5 |
| Peel Road | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 8.1 |
| Peel Road Phase 2 Solar Farm | solar farm | 13 | application submitted | 8.1 |
| Lawns Solar Farm | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 9.3 |
| Lowland Farm, Peel Road | battery storage | 100 | application submitted | 9.7 |
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 (53.8495, -3.0284).