Land at Calthwaite (6 MW battery storage)
Land at Calthwaite is a 6 MW battery storage project in Westmorland and Furness, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 19 December 2020; the record was last updated on 12 August 2019.
6 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
12 August 2019record last updated
Westmorland and Furnesscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 October 2017 | Application submitted |
| 8 January 2018 | Planning permission granted |
| 19 December 2020 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 12 August 2019
- Operator or applicant
- Balance Power
- Planning authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Planning application reference
- 17/0925
- Address (REPD)
- Land At Low Dyke, Calthwaite, Penrith,
- Council area (by location)
- Westmorland and Furness
- Time to decision
- 10 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7094
Who decides
| Applications | Westmorland and Furness | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 68 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 30 (44%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 14 of 42 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 14 of 19 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 34.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 9 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Panels at Devonshire Square | solar farm | 30 | refused | 2.4 |
| Land at Skelton Radio Transmitter Site | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 2.8 |
| Hay Close Wind Farm | wind farm | 10 | appeal withdrawn | 2.9 |
| Town End Farm | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 3.7 |
| Roxane UK, Armathwaite Solar Array & Battery Storage | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
| Lamonby Wind Farm | wind farm | 27 | application withdrawn | 6.2 |
| Bowscar | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 7.5 |
| Moss Thorn Farm | solar farm | 5.8 | operational | 8.7 |
| Grise | wind farm | 27 | refused on appeal | 9.3 |
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 (54.7414, -2.8433).