Kirkhaw Lane (20 MW battery storage)
Kirkhaw Lane is a 20 MW battery storage project in Wakefield, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 May 2018; the record was last updated on 19 January 2022.
20 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
19 January 2022record last updated
Wakefieldcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 17 July 2017 | Application submitted |
| 1 March 2018 | Construction started |
| 1 May 2018 | Operational |
| 24 October 2019 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with fossil fuel plant)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 19 January 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Walker & Son (Hauliers) Limited
- Planning authority
- Wakefield
- Planning application reference
- 17/01857/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Industrial Pallet And Transpor, Kirkhaw Lane, Knottingley,
- Council area (by location)
- Wakefield
- Time to decision
- 118 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7148
Who decides
| Applications | Wakefield | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 45 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 9.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkhaw Lane | battery storage | 100 | abandoned | 0.1 |
| Kirkhaw Lane Battery Storage Energy | battery storage | 150 | operational | 0.3 |
| Knottingley A | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.8 |
| Rawfield Lane | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 3.3 |
| Monk Fryston Battery Storage | battery storage | 320 | under construction | 4.0 |
| Monk Fryston Battery Storage | battery storage | 57 | under construction | 4.1 |
| Pontefract Wind Farm | wind farm | 12 | refused on appeal | 4.1 |
| Leys Lane | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 4.6 |
| Stocking Lane Battery Energy Facility | battery storage | 200 | application submitted | 4.6 |
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 (53.7182, -1.2761).