Leighton Hall Farm (20 MW battery storage)
Leighton Hall Farm is a 20 MW battery storage project in Cheshire East, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 20 November 2020; the record was last updated on 27 May 2020.
20 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
27 May 2020record last updated
Cheshire Eastcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 September 2017 | Application submitted |
| 12 January 2018 | Planning permission granted |
| 20 November 2020 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 27 May 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Energy Demand and Response
- Planning authority
- Cheshire East
- Planning application reference
- 17/4941N
- Address (REPD)
- Leighton Hall Farm, Middlewich Road, Leighton, Crewe, Cheshire
- Council area (by location)
- Cheshire East
- Time to decision
- 15 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7032
Who decides
| Applications | Cheshire East | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (10%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 36 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentley Motors Ltd 1 | rooftop solar | 5.1 | operational | 0.9 |
| Land at Moss Farm (South) | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 2.7 |
| Land at Moss Farm (North) | solar farm | 6 | permission expired | 2.8 |
| Drury Lane | solar farm | 17 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
| Middlewich Road Solar Photovoltaics & Battery Storage | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 4.3 |
| Dragons Lane | battery storage | 12 | approved, not built | 7.3 |
| Former EON Power Station, Booth Lane | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 7.8 |
| Land south of Wood Lane (Safeguard Bradwell) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.4 |
| Woodford Lane West Solar Farm (Hebden Green) | solar farm | 19 | approved, not built | 8.6 |
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 (53.1113, -2.4808).