Midland Road (80 MW battery storage)
Midland Road is an 80 MW battery storage project in Bradford, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 20 December 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 16 September 2025.
80 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
16 September 2025record last updated
Bradfordcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 23 October 2023 | Application submitted |
| 20 December 2024 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 80 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 16 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Unknown
- Planning authority
- Bradford
- Planning application reference
- 23/03888/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Midland Road, Bradford
- Council area (by location)
- Bradford
- Time to decision
- 61 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Midland Road - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 15911
Who decides
| Applications | Bradford | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 37 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (5%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 26 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 10 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 8.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stor Generation Plant | battery storage | 12 | approved, not built | 2.4 |
| Bradford West, Harrop Lane, Wilsden | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 6.9 |
| Bradford West Substation (Harrop Edge Farm) | battery storage | 49.9 | under construction | 6.9 |
| Old Allen Road, Wilsden | battery storage | 99.9 | application submitted | 7.2 |
| Peat Dykes Farm, Harrop Lane | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 7.2 |
| Lane Side | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 7.2 |
| Holmfield Battery Storage | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 9.1 |
| Swales Moor Farm | battery storage | 5 | permission expired | 9.4 |
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 (53.8033, -1.7572).