Daines Battery Energy Storage System (600 MW)
Daines Battery Energy Storage System is a 600 MW battery storage project in Trafford, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 15 May 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 10 June 2025.
600 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
10 June 2025record last updated
Traffordcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 3 October 2024 | Application submitted |
| 15 May 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 15 May 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 600 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 10 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- SSE Daines BESS Limited
- Planning authority
- Trafford
- Planning application reference
- 115160/FUL/24
- Address (REPD)
- N/O Ashton Road, Carrington, Manchester
- Council area (by location)
- Trafford
- Time to decision
- 32 weeks
- REPD reference
- 17495
Who decides
| Applications | Trafford | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 28 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (21%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 19 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 8.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Fowl Farm, Carrington Lane | battery storage | 35 | approved, not built | 1.5 |
| Carrington Power Station, Manchester Road | battery storage | 680 | under construction | 2.3 |
| Sale Golf Club, Golf Road | battery storage | 70 | approved, not built | 5.7 |
| Golf Road | battery storage | 90 | approved, not built | 5.7 |
| Freshfields, Fairy Lane | battery storage | 99.9 | under construction | 6.2 |
| West Didsbury Battery Storage | battery storage | 50 | operational | 6.3 |
| Lights Oaks Moss | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 8.5 |
| Silver Lane, Risley Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 8.6 |
| Whitehead Landfill Site, Lower Green Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 8.9 |
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 (53.4203, -2.3762).