Lister Drive (49.9 MW battery storage)
Lister Drive is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Liverpool, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational; the record was last updated on 4 January 2023.
49.9 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
4 January 2023record last updated
Liverpoolcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 February 2020 | Application submitted |
| 2 March 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 May 2021 | Construction started |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 4 January 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Arenko Cleantech / Stratcraft
- Planning authority
- Liverpool
- Planning application reference
- 20F/0335
- Address (REPD)
- Land Adjacent to Lister Drive, Carnegie Road, Liverpool,
- Council area (by location)
- Liverpool
- Time to decision
- 56 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7740
Who decides
| Applications | Liverpool | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 26 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 0 (0%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 18 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 7.8 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool Energy Management Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | <0.1 |
| Carnegie Road (Phase 2) | battery storage | 40 | permission expired | <0.1 |
| Land at Carnegie Road | battery storage | 20 | operational | <0.1 |
| Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 6 | approved, not built | 0.6 |
| Hawthorne Road | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 5.9 |
| Port of Liverpool wind | wind farm | 10 | operational | 6.1 |
| Coopers Lane, Kirkby | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 7.4 |
| Charleywood Road, Knowsley Industrial Park | battery storage | 49.9 | abandoned | 7.9 |
| Britannia House | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 8.1 |
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 (53.4199, -2.9276).