Eskrigg End Road, Old Hutton (200 MW battery storage)
Eskrigg End Road, Old Hutton is a 200 MW battery storage project in Westmorland and Furness, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 10 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 28 July 2025.
200 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
28 July 2025record last updated
Westmorland and Furnesscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 October 2024 | Application submitted |
| 10 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 10 July 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 28 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Harmony MS Limited
- Planning authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Planning application reference
- 2024/2413/FPA
- Address (REPD)
- South of Eskrigg End Road Old Hutton
- Council area (by location)
- Westmorland and Furness
- Time to decision
- 40 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Eskrigg End Road, Old Hutton - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 17376
Who decides
| Applications | Westmorland and Furness | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 68 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 30 (44%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 14 of 42 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 14 of 19 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 34.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 9 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenmoor Bank | battery storage | 50 | refused | 0.7 |
| Greaves Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 1.8 |
| Armistead Wind Farm | wind farm | 12 | operational | 2.6 |
| Killington Wind Farm | wind farm | 10.2 | abandoned | 4.0 |
| Lambrigg Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.5 | operational | 4.9 |
| Firbank Wind Farm | wind farm | 9.7 | refused | 6.3 |
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 (54.2953, -2.6629).