Charleywood Road, Knowsley Industrial Park (49.9 MW battery storage)
Charleywood Road, Knowsley Industrial Park is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Knowsley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: abandoned; the record was last updated on 14 September 2022.
49.9 MWbattery storage
abandonedstatus in REPD
14 September 2022record last updated
Knowsleycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 26 October 2017 | Application submitted |
| 21 December 2020 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- abandoned
- Record last updated
- 14 September 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Immersa / Kirkby Battery Storage 2
- Planning authority
- Knowsley
- Planning application reference
- 17/00649/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land At Eldapoint, Charleywood Road, Knowsley Industrial Park, Liverpool, Merseyside
- Council area (by location)
- Knowsley
- REPD reference
- 7026
Who decides
| Applications | Knowsley | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 20 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 18 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 7.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: Knowsley, Knowsley Borough.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perimeter Road, Kirkby | battery storage | 165 | application submitted | 0.8 |
| Coopers Lane, Kirkby | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 1.2 |
| Cut Lane | battery storage | 57 | application submitted | 1.8 |
| Gerard Hall Solar Farm | solar farm | 17 | refused on appeal | 6.2 |
| Carnegie Road (Phase 2) | battery storage | 40 | permission expired | 7.9 |
| Lister Drive | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 7.9 |
| Liverpool Energy Management Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 7.9 |
| Land at Carnegie Road | battery storage | 20 | operational | 7.9 |
| Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 6 | approved, not built | 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 (53.4779, -2.8578).