Ellenroad Farm, Bentgate Street (30 MW battery storage)
Ellenroad Farm, Bentgate Street is a 30 MW battery storage project in Rochdale, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 14 March 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 11 June 2025.
30 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
11 June 2025record last updated
Rochdalecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 October 2024 | Application submitted |
| 14 March 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 14 March 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 30 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 11 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Root Power (North) Limited
- Planning authority
- Rochdale
- Planning application reference
- 24/00917/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Ellenroad Farm, Bentgate Street, Milnrow
- Council area (by location)
- Rochdale
- Time to decision
- 23 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Ellenroad Farm, Bentgate Street - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 17293
Who decides
| Applications | Rochdale | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 26 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (15%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 14 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 6 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miall Power Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 5 | refused | 3.1 |
| Gipsy Lane | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 4.6 |
| Astra Centre, Royal Barn Road | battery storage | 40 | under construction | 4.7 |
| Denshaw Windfarm | wind farm | 10.5 | refused | 4.8 |
| Great Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 10.1 | refused | 5.1 |
| The Rake, Lower Jowkin Lane | battery storage | 57 | approved, not built | 7.4 |
| Crook Hill (Calderdale MBC) 1 of 2 | wind farm | 13.6 | operational | 7.6 |
| Lowerfields Farm, Warren Lane | battery storage | 27 | application submitted | 7.9 |
| Crook Hill (Rochdale MBC) 2 of 2 | wind farm | 23.8 | operational | 7.9 |
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 (53.5997, -2.1085).