Drax Re-Power (200 MW battery storage)
Drax Re-Power is a 200 MW battery storage project in North Yorkshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 24 May 2018, not yet built; the record was last updated on 2 January 2020. As a nationally significant project, it was decided by the Secretary of State responsible for energy at the time on a Development Consent Order after examination by the Planning Inspectorate.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 February 2018 | Application submitted |
| 24 May 2018 | Development consent granted (Secretary of State) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with fossil fuel plant)
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 2 January 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Drax Group
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- Planning application reference
- not recorded
- Address (REPD)
- New Road, Drax, Selby, North Yorkshire
- Council area (by location)
- North Yorkshire
- Time to decision
- 12 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7017
Who decides
As a nationally significant project, it was decided by the Secretary of State responsible for energy at the time on a Development Consent Order after examination by the Planning Inspectorate. All Energy Secretary decisions on solar and wind farms. The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure refused 7% of 46 decided solar, wind and battery applications in REPD (median 73 weeks to a decision). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 0.4 |
| Hales Lane | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 1.0 |
| Carlton Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 1.1 |
| Camblesforth Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Station Road, Carlton | battery storage | 99 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Rusholme Wind Farm | wind farm | 24 | operational | 3.1 |
| Rusholme Grange | battery storage | 40 | operational | 3.8 |
| Cleek Hall | wind farm | 15 | abandoned | 5.2 |
| Hull Road, Lund | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
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 (53.7323, -0.9953).