Low Moor Lane, Scotton (200 MW battery storage)
Low Moor Lane, Scotton is a 200 MW battery storage project in North Yorkshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 16 December 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 18 March 2026.
200 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
18 March 2026record last updated
North Yorkshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 16 December 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 18 March 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Harmony Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- North Yorkshire
- Planning application reference
- 25/04454/FULMAJ
- Address (REPD)
- Low Moor Lane, Scotton
- Council area (by location)
- North Yorkshire
- Name in REPD
- Low Moor Lane, Scotton - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 18049
Who decides
| Applications | North Yorkshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 165 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 28 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 15 of 112 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 8 of 24 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 5 of 29 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 13 / 12 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Station Lane, South Stainley | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 4.0 |
| Wormald Green Solar Farm | solar farm | 43 | approved, not built | 4.1 |
| Jenny Field Drive | battery storage | 5 | approved, not built | 4.5 |
| Wormald Green | battery storage | 33 | operational | 5.0 |
| Cayton Solar farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
| High Boar Wind Farm | wind farm | 8 | refused | 8.7 |
| Penny Pot Wind Farm | wind farm | 21 | application withdrawn | 9.8 |
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 (54.0323, -1.5016).