Lisnabreeny Road (36 MW battery storage)
Lisnabreeny Road is a 36 MW battery storage project in Lisburn and Castlereagh, Northern Ireland. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 21 June 2019, not yet built; the record was last updated on 25 June 2020. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 28 April 2025, 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 28 April 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 21 June 2019 | Application submitted |
| 21 June 2019 | Planning permission granted |
| 28 April 2025 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 36 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 25 June 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Energia Group
- Planning authority
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Planning application reference
- LA05/2019/0675/F
- Address (REPD)
- Lands to the southeast of, 1 Lisnabreeny Road East, Belfast, Co Antrim
- Council area (by location)
- Lisburn and Castlereagh
- Time to decision
- 0 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7556
Who decides
Lisburn and Castlereagh has 9 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrickmannon Road, Ballygowan | wind turbine | 8.8 | application submitted | 8.5 |
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 (54.5558, -5.8641).