Cooksland Farm, Old Snydale -Battery Energy Storage (50 MW)
Cooksland Farm, Old Snydale -Battery Energy Storage is a 50 MW battery storage project in Wakefield, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 26 November 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 2 March 2026.
50 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
2 March 2026record last updated
Wakefieldcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 May 2024 | Application submitted |
| 30 July 2025 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 4 August 2025 | Appeal lodged |
| 26 November 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 26 November 2025 | Appeal allowed |
| 26 November 2032 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 2 March 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Ylem Energy Limited / Root Power
- Planning authority
- Wakefield
- Planning application reference
- 24/00838/FUL
- Appeal reference
- APP/X4725/W/25/3370347
- Address (REPD)
- Cooksland Farm, Old Snydale, Pontefract
- Council area (by location)
- Wakefield
- Time to decision
- 79 weeks
- REPD reference
- 16557
Who decides
| Applications | Wakefield | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 45 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 9.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Fox Way | battery storage | 99.9 | application submitted | 5.3 |
| Neil Fox Way | battery storage | 99.9 | application submitted | 5.3 |
| Pontefract Wind Farm | wind farm | 12 | refused on appeal | 5.5 |
| Newton Lane, Ledston | battery storage | 25 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
| Barnsdale Road Solar Park | solar farm | 40 | under construction | 7.6 |
| Darrington Quarry | wind farm | 16 | application withdrawn | 8.3 |
| Westfield Road, Carlton | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 8.4 |
| Kirkhaw Lane | battery storage | 20 | operational | 8.5 |
| Kirkhaw Lane | battery storage | 100 | abandoned | 8.5 |
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 (53.6915, -1.3963).