Kilshaw Street (20 MW battery storage)
Kilshaw Street is a 20 MW battery storage project in Wigan, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 9 February 2021; the record was last updated on 24 July 2020.
20 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
24 July 2020record last updated
Wigancouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 25 October 2017 | Application submitted |
| 4 March 2019 | Planning permission granted |
| 9 February 2021 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 24 July 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Capbal
- Planning authority
- Wigan
- Planning application reference
- A/17/84749/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- Land Adjacent To, 1 - 4 Kilshaw Street, Pemberton, Kilshaw Court, Wigan, Greater Manchester
- Council area (by location)
- Wigan
- Time to decision
- 71 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7072
Who decides
| Applications | Wigan | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 17 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 0 (0%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 13 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 9.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road | battery storage | 70 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Far Moor | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 2.9 |
| Tontine Road | battery storage | 70 | application submitted | 3.0 |
| Orrell Street Battery Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 3.5 |
| Mill Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 4.4 |
| Pikelaw Place | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 6.0 |
| Thompson House Equestrian farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.1 |
| Vause Farm | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 9.0 |
| Charnock Richard | battery storage | 30 | operational | 9.0 |
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 (53.534, -2.6764).