Holmfield Battery Storage (500 MW)
Holmfield Battery Storage is a 500 MW battery storage project in Calderdale, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 29 May 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 17 June 2025.
500 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
17 June 2025record last updated
Calderdalecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 December 2024 | Application submitted |
| 29 May 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 29 May 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 500 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 17 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Masdar Arlington Energy
- Planning authority
- Calderdale
- Planning application reference
- 24/01306/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Adj To Sidhil Business Park, Holmfield Industrial Estate, Holmfield, Halifax
- Council area (by location)
- Calderdale
- Time to decision
- 23 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Holmfield Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 17964
Who decides
| Applications | Calderdale | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 18 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 6 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 6 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swales Moor Farm | battery storage | 5 | permission expired | 1.4 |
| Ovenden Moor | wind farm | 9.2 | decommissioned | 4.5 |
| Ovenden Moor (Repower) | wind farm | 18 | operational | 4.6 |
| Old Allen Road, Wilsden | battery storage | 99.9 | application submitted | 5.3 |
| Peat Dykes Farm, Harrop Lane | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
| Bradford West Substation (Harrop Edge Farm) | battery storage | 49.9 | under construction | 5.7 |
| Bradford West, Harrop Lane, Wilsden | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 5.8 |
| Lane Side | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Stor Generation Plant | battery storage | 12 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
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 (53.7587, -1.8729).