Neil Fox Way (99.9 MW battery storage, 2025 application)
Neil Fox Way is a 99.9 MW battery storage project in Wakefield, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 11 August 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 12 September 2025.
99.9 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
12 September 2025record last updated
Wakefieldcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 August 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 99.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 12 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Harmony Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Wakefield
- Planning application reference
- X4725/W/25/3368025
- Address (REPD)
- South Of Wakefield B Substation And East Of Neil Fox Way
- Council area (by location)
- Wakefield
- Name in REPD
- Neil Fox Way - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 19469
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Fox Way 22/01460/FUL | 99.9 | 5 July 2022 | application submitted on 5 July 2022, no decision recorded |
Who decides
| Applications | Wakefield | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 45 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 9.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Fox Way | battery storage | 99.9 | application submitted | <0.1 |
| Cooksland Farm, Old Snydale -Battery Energy Storage | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 5.3 |
| Manor Farm, South Hiendley Solar Photovoltaic Farm | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
| Owlers Farm, Wakefield Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
| Haigh Lane, Woolley Edge Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 29.7 | approved, not built | 7.5 |
| Kirkgate Lane, Felkirk | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 7.9 |
| Westfield Road, Carlton | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 8.0 |
| Lady Ings Farm, Middlestown Solar Photovoltaic Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 8.2 |
| Haigh Hall Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 8.2 |
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 (53.67, -1.4688).