Cocker Avenue Energy storage facility (7.5 MW)
Cocker Avenue Energy storage facility is a 7.5 MW battery storage project in Wyre, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 25 June 2021, not yet built; the record was last updated on 12 May 2021. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 25 June 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 25 June 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 April 2021 | Application submitted |
| 25 June 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 25 June 2024 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 7.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 12 May 2021
- Operator or applicant
- AMP Energy Services Limited
- Planning authority
- Wyre
- Planning application reference
- 21/00510/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Unit 23, Cocker Avenue, Poulton Le Fylde
- Council area (by location)
- Wyre
- Time to decision
- 10 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Cocker Avenue - Energy storage facility
- REPD reference
- 9009
Who decides
| Applications | Wyre | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 19 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (21%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 11 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 4 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldon Road | battery storage | 6 | permission expired | 0.2 |
| Smithy Lane, Staining Solar PV Panels & BESS | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 2.4 |
| Bristol Avenue | battery storage | 25 | approved, not built | 3.7 |
| Cask Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 4.2 |
| Peel Road Phase 2 Solar Farm | solar farm | 13 | application submitted | 6.6 |
| Peel Road | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Lawns Solar Farm | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 7.7 |
| Lowland Farm, Peel Road | battery storage | 100 | application submitted | 7.9 |
| Land off Moss Side Lane | solar farm | 5 | operational | 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 (53.8429, -2.9725).