Lancaster Power Extension, Middleton Road Energy Storage Facility (50 MW)
Lancaster Power Extension, Middleton Road Energy Storage Facility is a 50 MW battery storage project in Lancaster, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 17 May 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 17 March 2025. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 17 May 2026, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 17 May 2026, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 8 September 2022 | Application submitted |
| 17 May 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 17 May 2026 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 17 March 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Infra Balance New Energy
- Planning authority
- Lancaster
- Planning application reference
- 22/00839/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- S/O Middleton Clean Energy Plant, Middleton Road, Middleton, Morecambe
- Council area (by location)
- Lancaster
- Time to decision
- 36 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Lancaster Power Extension, Middleton Road - Energy Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 12125
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heysham Energy Storage Project | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 1.2 |
| Middleton Clean Energy Plant | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Heysham South Wind Farm | wind farm | 7.5 | operational | 2.0 |
| Port Of Heysham Wind Farm | wind farm | 9 | application withdrawn | 2.0 |
| Bay Gateway | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 2.9 |
| Hillside Farm, Lancaster Road | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Fanny House Farm, Bay Gateway | battery storage | 940 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Fanny House Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.0 |
| Arna Wood Solar | solar farm | 6.2 | operational | 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 (54.0261, -2.8923).