Carnegie Road (Phase 2) (40 MW battery storage)
Carnegie Road (Phase 2) is a 40 MW battery storage project in Liverpool, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 1 May 2022; the record was last updated on 28 June 2019.
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permission expiredstatus in REPD
28 June 2019record last updated
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Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 March 2019 | Application submitted |
| 1 December 2019 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 May 2022 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 28 June 2019
- Operator or applicant
- Shawton Engineering
- Planning authority
- Liverpool
- Planning application reference
- 19F/0626
- Address (REPD)
- Carnegie Road, Liverpool, Merseyside
- Council area (by location)
- Liverpool
- Time to decision
- 38 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7403
Who decides
| Applications | Liverpool | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 26 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 0 (0%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 18 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 7.8 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Energy Management Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | <0.1 |
| Lister Drive | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | <0.1 |
| Land at Carnegie Road | battery storage | 20 | operational | <0.1 |
| Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 6 | approved, not built | 0.6 |
| Hawthorne Road | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 5.9 |
| Port of Liverpool wind | wind farm | 10 | operational | 6.1 |
| Coopers Lane, Kirkby | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 7.4 |
| Charleywood Road, Knowsley Industrial Park | battery storage | 49.9 | abandoned | 7.9 |
| Britannia House | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 8.1 |
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 (53.4199, -2.9276).