Miall Power Energy Storage Facility (5 MW)
Miall Power Energy Storage Facility is a 5 MW battery storage project in Rochdale, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 30 June 2021; the record was last updated on 7 April 2021.
5 MWbattery storage
refusedstatus in REPD
7 April 2021record last updated
Rochdalecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 February 2021 | Application submitted |
| 30 June 2021 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 7 April 2021
- Operator or applicant
- Private Developer
- Planning authority
- Rochdale
- Planning application reference
- 21/00205/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Miall Power, Land At The Junction Of Richard Street And Hare Street, Rochdale
- Council area (by location)
- Rochdale
- Time to decision
- 20 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Miall Power - Energy Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 8860
Who decides
| Applications | Rochdale | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 26 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (15%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 14 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 6 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gipsy Lane | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 2.3 |
| Astra Centre, Royal Barn Road | battery storage | 40 | under construction | 2.4 |
| Ellenroad Farm, Bentgate Street | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 3.1 |
| The Rake, Lower Jowkin Lane | battery storage | 57 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| Great Hill Wind Farm | wind farm | 10.1 | refused | 5.1 |
| Rooley Moor | wind farm | 39.6 | appeal withdrawn | 6.3 |
| Crook Hill (Calderdale MBC) 1 of 2 | wind farm | 13.6 | operational | 6.9 |
| Crook Hill (Rochdale MBC) 2 of 2 | wind farm | 23.8 | operational | 7.1 |
| Denshaw Windfarm | wind farm | 10.5 | refused | 7.9 |
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 (53.6108, -2.1512).