Eggborough Power Station, Selby Road (500 MW battery storage)
Eggborough Power Station, Selby Road is a 500 MW battery storage project in North Yorkshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 17 January 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 30 September 2025. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 17 January 2026, 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 January 2026, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 6 October 2022 | Application submitted |
| 17 January 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 17 January 2026 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 500 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 30 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Eggborough Power Limited
- Planning authority
- North Yorkshire
- Planning application reference
- 2022/1105/FULM
- Address (REPD)
- Eggborough Power Station Selby Road Eggborough
- Council area (by location)
- North Yorkshire
- Time to decision
- 15 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Eggborough Power Station, Selby Road - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12483
Who decides
| Applications | North Yorkshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 165 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 28 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 15 of 112 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 8 of 24 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 5 of 29 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 13 / 12 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Farm, Weeland Road | battery storage | 240 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Springfield Farm, Hensall | battery storage | 240 | approved, not built | 1.5 |
| Eggborough Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 550 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Corner Of Weeland Road, Lunn Lane | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Helios Renewable Energy Project | solar farm | 190 | approved, not built | 3.6 |
| Pollington Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.5 |
| Wood Lane | wind farm | 32.2 | application withdrawn | 4.6 |
| Sudforth Lane (Kellingley Solar Farm) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.8 |
| Weeland Road, Kellingley Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 5.0 |
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 (53.7134, -1.1298).