Gipsy Lane (20 MW battery storage)
Gipsy Lane is a 20 MW battery storage project in Rochdale, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: under construction since 1 July 2021; the record was last updated on 1 July 2021.
20 MWbattery storage
under constructionstatus in REPD
1 July 2021record last updated
Rochdalecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 November 2019 | Application submitted |
| 16 March 2020 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 July 2021 | Construction started |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- under construction
- Record last updated
- 1 July 2021
- Operator or applicant
- Arlington Energy
- Planning authority
- Rochdale
- Planning application reference
- 19/01147/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land Rear Of The Royal Toby Ho, Manchester Road, Rochdale
- Council area (by location)
- Rochdale
- Time to decision
- 19 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7632
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astra Centre, Royal Barn Road | battery storage | 40 | under construction | 0.1 |
| Miall Power Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 5 | refused | 2.3 |
| The Rake, Lower Jowkin Lane | battery storage | 57 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
| Ellenroad Farm, Bentgate Street | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
| Rooley Moor | wind farm | 39.6 | appeal withdrawn | 6.7 |
| Whitegate Battery Storage | battery storage | 57 | under construction | 7.3 |
| Great Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 10.1 | refused | 7.4 |
| Chadderton | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 7.4 |
| Lascar Works | battery storage | 20 | operational | 7.7 |
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 (53.5977, -2.1786).