Hales Lane (100 MW battery storage)
Hales Lane is a 100 MW battery storage project in North Yorkshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 16 May 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 19 May 2022. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 16 May 2025, 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 16 May 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 6 September 2021 | Application submitted |
| 16 May 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 16 May 2025 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 19 May 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Aura Power
- Planning authority
- North Yorkshire
- Planning application reference
- 2021/1089/FULM
- Address (REPD)
- Hales Lane, Drax, Selby
- Council area (by location)
- North Yorkshire
- Time to decision
- 36 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Hales Lane - Battery Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 9635
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 0.3 |
| Lakeside Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 0.8 |
| Drax Re-Power | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 1.0 |
| Rusholme Wind Farm | wind farm | 24 | operational | 2.5 |
| Camblesforth Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Station Road, Carlton | battery storage | 99 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Rusholme Grange | battery storage | 40 | operational | 3.2 |
| Rawcliffe Estate, Bridge Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 6 | approved, not built | 5.2 |
| Cleek Hall | wind farm | 15 | abandoned | 6.0 |
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 (53.7259, -0.9848).