Colinglen Road Battery (49.9 MW)
Colinglen Road Battery is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 31 July 2020, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 15 August 2022. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 31 July 2020 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 15 August 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Hannahstown BESS
- Planning authority
- Belfast
- Planning application reference
- LA04/2020/1724/F
- Address (REPD)
- Approximately 700m North Of, 28 Colinglen Road, Dunmurry, Belfast, Co Antrim
- Council area (by location)
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- REPD reference
- 8033
Who decides
Belfast has 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyutoag Wind Farm | wind farm | 11.5 | approved, not built | 7.5 |
| Battery Storage System Development in Lisburn | battery storage | 150 | approved, not built | 7.6 |
| Ballinderry Road Solar Phase 1 (Lisburn) | solar farm | 13.5 | operational | 7.8 |
| Lands West of Belfast Road | solar farm | 10 | operational | 7.9 |
| Ballinderry Road Solar Phase 2 (Lisburn) | solar farm | 7 | operational | 8.0 |
| Knockcairn Road | solar farm | 6.5 | operational | 8.8 |
| Hillside Solar Farm | solar farm | 25.2 | operational | 9.3 |
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 (54.5795, -6.0398).