Charnock Richard (30 MW battery storage)
Charnock Richard is a 30 MW battery storage project in Chorley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 3 February 2026; the record was last updated on 5 March 2026.
30 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
5 March 2026record last updated
Chorleycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 February 2022 | Application submitted |
| 27 May 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 3 February 2026 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 30 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 5 March 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Pulse Clean Energy
- Planning authority
- Chorley
- Planning application reference
- 22/00204/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Scrap Yard Town Lane Charnock Richard Chorley
- Council area (by location)
- Chorley
- Time to decision
- 13 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Charnock Richard - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 20393
Who decides
Chorley has 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vause Farm | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Thompson House Equestrian farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 1.9 |
| Green Energy Park, Eyes Lane | solar farm | 12 | application submitted | 6.0 |
| Green Energy Park, Eyes Lane | battery storage | 5 | application submitted | 6.0 |
| Wanes Blades Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 16 | refused | 7.1 |
| Land off Tithe Barn lane | solar farm | 5 | refused | 8.9 |
| Tithe Barn Lane | solar | 8 | refused | 8.9 |
| Tontine Road | battery storage | 70 | application submitted | 8.9 |
| Kilshaw Street | battery storage | 20 | permission expired | 9.0 |
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 (53.6144, -2.6884).