Oil Sites Road (9.6 MW battery storage)
Oil Sites Road is a 9.6 MW battery storage project in Cheshire West and Chester, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 30 October 2017, not yet built; the record was last updated on 28 April 2020. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 30 October 2020, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 30 October 2020, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 8 August 2017 | Application submitted |
| 30 October 2017 | Planning permission granted |
| 30 October 2020 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with fossil fuel plant)
- Capacity
- 9.6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 28 April 2020
- Operator or applicant
- UK Power Reserve
- Planning authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Planning application reference
- 17/03414/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land At North Road Ellesmere Port
- Council area (by location)
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Time to decision
- 12 weeks
- REPD reference
- 6936
Who decides
| Applications | Cheshire West and Chester | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 54 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (11%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 40 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 12 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire Power Station | battery storage | 45 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
| Land At Elton Farm | solar farm | 5 | application submitted | 4.8 |
| Hob Lane, Dunham On The Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 5.2 |
| Land off, Common Lane | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 5.2 |
| Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 5.2 |
| Native River | battery storage | 57 | operational | 5.4 |
| Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst | battery storage | 57 | under construction | 5.6 |
| National Grid Electricity Substation, Capenhurst Lane | battery storage | 100 | operational | 6.2 |
| Rectory Lane | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
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 (53.2799, -2.8693).