Lackenby (49.9 MW battery storage)
Lackenby is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Redcar and Cleveland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 24 October 2022; the record was last updated on 12 August 2020.
49.9 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
12 August 2020record last updated
Redcar and Clevelandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 25 July 2019 | Application submitted |
| 24 October 2019 | Planning permission granted |
| 24 October 2022 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 12 August 2020
- Operator or applicant
- EDF Energy Renewables
- Planning authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Planning application reference
- R/2019/0433/FF
- Address (REPD)
- Land at, Crow Lane, Old Lackenby, Middlesbrough
- Council area (by location)
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Time to decision
- 13 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7518
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lackenby R/2017/0564/FF | 49.9 | 17 August 2017 | replaced by a revised application |
Who decides
| Applications | Redcar and Cleveland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 17 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (6%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 9 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Hall Farm, Lackenby | battery storage | 244 | application submitted | 0.3 |
| Greystones Road, Grangetown | battery storage | 60 | approved, not built | 0.7 |
| Wilton International, Greystones Road - Phase 1 | battery storage | 150 | approved, not built | 0.7 |
| Tesside GigaPark | battery storage | 1,000 | application submitted | 2.1 |
| Wilton | wind farm | 6.6 | application withdrawn | 3.1 |
| Bank Field Wind Farm | wind farm | 17 | application withdrawn | 3.6 |
| Yearby Village - Tees Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.5 |
| Tees Wind North | wind farm | 45 | abandoned | 4.6 |
| Land at Woodhouse Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.8 |
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 (54.5667, -1.1253).