Hawthorne Road (20 MW battery storage)
Hawthorne Road is a 20 MW battery storage project in Sefton, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: under construction; the record was last updated on 30 September 2020.
20 MWbattery storage
under constructionstatus in REPD
30 September 2020record last updated
Seftoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 January 2020 | Application submitted |
| 29 March 2022 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- under construction
- Record last updated
- 30 September 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Bluefield Renewable Developments
- Planning authority
- Sefton
- Planning application reference
- DC/2020/00085
- Address (REPD)
- 491 Linacre Lane, Bootle, Merseyside
- Council area (by location)
- Sefton
- Time to decision
- 113 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7800
Who decides
| Applications | Sefton | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (10%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 33 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 7.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port of Liverpool wind | wind farm | 10 | operational | 1.6 |
| Land at Carnegie Road | battery storage | 20 | operational | 5.9 |
| Carnegie Road (Phase 2) | battery storage | 40 | permission expired | 5.9 |
| Lister Drive | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 5.9 |
| Liverpool Energy Management Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 5.9 |
| Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 6 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Britannia House | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 7.0 |
| Beaufort Road | battery storage | 20 | permission expired | 7.5 |
| Lower Alt Wind Farm | wind farm | 42 | refused | 8.2 |
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 (53.4592, -2.9864).