Monk Fryston Battery Storage (320 MW)
Monk Fryston Battery Storage is a 320 MW battery storage project in North Yorkshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: under construction since 1 April 2024; the record was last updated on 14 October 2025.
320 MWbattery storage
under constructionstatus in REPD
14 October 2025record last updated
North Yorkshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 23 June 2021 | Application submitted |
| 15 December 2021 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 7 June 2022 | Appeal lodged |
| 1 December 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 December 2022 | Appeal allowed |
| 1 April 2024 | Construction started |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 320 MW
- Status (REPD)
- under construction
- Record last updated
- 14 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- SSE Renewables
- Planning authority
- North Yorkshire
- Planning application reference
- 2021/0789/FULM
- Appeal reference
- APP/N2739/W/22/3300623
- Address (REPD)
- Land South Of Electricity Substation Rawfield Lane, Fairburn, Selby,
- Council area (by location)
- North Yorkshire
- Time to decision
- 75 weeks
- REPD reference
- 15164
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monk Fryston Battery Storage | battery storage | 57 | under construction | 0.2 |
| Rawfield Lane | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 1.1 |
| Solar Farm at Light Valley Solar Sites | solar farm | 500 | application submitted | 2.7 |
| Hillam Grange, Austfield Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.9 |
| Kirkhaw Lane Battery Storage Energy | battery storage | 150 | operational | 3.7 |
| Kirkhaw Lane | battery storage | 20 | operational | 4.0 |
| Kirkhaw Lane | battery storage | 100 | abandoned | 4.0 |
| Kingspan Insulation Solar Installation | rooftop solar | 5 | operational | 5.3 |
| Wood Lane | wind farm | 32.2 | application withdrawn | 5.7 |
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 (53.7536, -1.2676).