North Side Bay Gateway, Heysham (90 MW battery storage)
North Side Bay Gateway, Heysham is a 90 MW battery storage project in Lancaster, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 24 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 19 August 2025.
90 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
19 August 2025record last updated
Lancastercouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 February 2025 | Application submitted |
| 24 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 24 July 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 90 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 19 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Cragside Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Lancaster
- Planning application reference
- 24/01303/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- North Side Bay Gateway, Heysham, Morecambe
- Council area (by location)
- Lancaster
- Time to decision
- 23 weeks
- Name in REPD
- North Side Bay Gateway, Heysham - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 16579
Who decides
| Applications | Lancaster | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 14 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 7 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 28.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fanny House Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.5 |
| Fanny House Farm, Bay Gateway | battery storage | 940 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Bay Gateway | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 3.3 |
| Hillside Farm, Lancaster Road | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 3.8 |
| Middleton Clean Energy Plant | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.1 |
| Heysham South Wind Farm | wind farm | 7.5 | operational | 4.2 |
| Heysham Energy Storage Project | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 4.3 |
| Caton Road, Lancaster | battery storage | 25 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| Lancaster Power Extension, Middleton Road Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
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 (54.0723, -2.863).