Davies Road - Whitebirk Battery Storage (25 MW)
Davies Road - Whitebirk Battery Storage is a 25 MW battery storage project in Blackburn with Darwen, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 2 March 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 23 August 2024. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 17 March 2025, 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 17 March 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 August 2021 | Application submitted |
| 2 March 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 17 March 2025 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 25 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 23 August 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Field
- Planning authority
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Planning application reference
- 11/21/0483
- Address (REPD)
- Davies Road, Blackburn
- Council area (by location)
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Time to decision
- 30 weeks
- REPD reference
- 9563
Who decides
| Applications | Blackburn with Darwen | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 10 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (20%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 5 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knuzden Moss Farm, Oswaldtwistle | battery storage | 60 | approved, not built | 1.6 |
| Little Snodworth Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 4.3 |
| Hyndburn Wind Farm Extension | wind farm | 8.2 | approved, not built | 5.6 |
| Hyndburn Wind Farm | wind farm | 24 | operational | 5.8 |
| Ramsclough Farm, Haslingden Old Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 26.4 | application submitted | 6.0 |
| Huncoat Power Station | battery storage | 45 | refused | 8.0 |
| Calder Works, Burnley Road | battery storage | 70 | application withdrawn | 8.2 |
| Shuttleworth House, Higher Shuttleworth | battery storage | 100 | refused | 8.5 |
| Padiham | battery storage | 99.9 | refused | 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 (53.754, -2.4454).