Eastham Balacing Services Plant (27 MW battery storage)
Eastham Balacing Services Plant is a 27 MW battery storage project in Wirral, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 4 April 2018; the record was last updated on 23 November 2018.
27 MWbattery storage
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
23 November 2018record last updated
Wirralcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 October 2017 | Application submitted |
| 4 April 2018 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 27 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 23 November 2018
- Operator or applicant
- Peel Land and Property
- Planning authority
- Wirral
- Planning application reference
- APP/17/01243
- Address (REPD)
- Land adj to Eastham FC of ,, Bankfields Road, Wirral, Merseyside
- Council area (by location)
- Wirral
- REPD reference
- 7146
Who decides
| Applications | Wirral | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 11 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 0 (0%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 9 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 7.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire Power Station | battery storage | 45 | approved, not built | 3.3 |
| Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst | battery storage | 57 | under construction | 5.5 |
| Native River | battery storage | 57 | operational | 5.8 |
| Rectory Lane | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 6.2 |
| Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
| Oil Sites Road | battery storage | 9.6 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
| National Grid Electricity Substation, Capenhurst Lane | battery storage | 100 | operational | 6.7 |
| Mollington | battery storage | 240 | approved, not built | 8.2 |
| Jaguar Land Rover Jaguar Plant, North Road | rooftop solar | 9.3 | approved, not built | 8.4 |
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 (53.3174, -2.9486).