Calder Works, Burnley Road (70 MW battery storage)
Calder Works, Burnley Road is a 70 MW battery storage project in Ribble Valley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 17 September 2024; the record was last updated on 22 October 2024.
70 MWbattery storage
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
22 October 2024record last updated
Ribble Valleycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 8 July 2024 | Application submitted |
| 17 September 2024 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 70 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 22 October 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Sirius EcoDev Limited
- Planning authority
- Ribble Valley
- Planning application reference
- 3/2024/0366
- Address (REPD)
- Calder Works, Burnley Road, Burnley
- Council area (by location)
- Ribble Valley
- Name in REPD
- Calder Works, Burnley Road - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 16835
Who decides
Ribble Valley has 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Padiham | battery storage | 99.9 | refused | 0.9 |
| Shuttleworth House, Higher Shuttleworth | battery storage | 100 | refused | 1.7 |
| Huncoat Power Station | battery storage | 45 | refused | 2.3 |
| Hameldon Hill extension | wind farm | 7.5 | operational | 3.7 |
| Hameldon Hill Wind Farm (extension 2) | wind farm | 7.1 | permission expired | 5.2 |
| The Old Vicarage, Reedley | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
| Little Snodworth Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 7.0 |
| Knuzden Moss Farm, Oswaldtwistle | battery storage | 60 | approved, not built | 7.6 |
| White Hill | wind farm | 12 | refused | 8.0 |
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 (53.796, -2.3438).