Hillside Farm, Lancaster Road (100 MW battery storage)
Hillside Farm, Lancaster Road is a 100 MW battery storage project in Lancaster, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 19 September 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 28 September 2023.
100 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
28 September 2023record last updated
Lancastercouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 December 2022 | Application submitted |
| 19 September 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 19 September 2026 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 28 September 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Hamilton March
- Planning authority
- Lancaster
- Planning application reference
- 22/01317/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Hillside Farm Lancaster Road Heaton With Oxcliffe
- Council area (by location)
- Lancaster
- Time to decision
- 39 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Hillside Farm, Lancaster Road - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12964
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Farm, Lancaster Road 22/01035/FUL | 100 | 18 August 2022 | withdrawn 24 October 2022 |
Who decides
| Applications | Lancaster | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 14 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 7 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 28.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Gateway | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 0.6 |
| Heysham South Wind Farm | wind farm | 7.5 | operational | 1.0 |
| Heysham Energy Storage Project | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Fanny House Farm, Bay Gateway | battery storage | 940 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Fanny House Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.3 |
| Arna Wood Solar | solar farm | 6.2 | operational | 2.6 |
| Middleton Clean Energy Plant | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.8 |
| Lancaster Power Extension, Middleton Road Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| North Side Bay Gateway, Heysham | battery storage | 90 | approved, not built | 3.8 |
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 (54.0386, -2.8522).