Old Hall Farm, Lackenby (244 MW battery storage)
Old Hall Farm, Lackenby is a 244 MW battery storage project in Redcar and Cleveland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 13 August 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 29 September 2025.
244 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
29 September 2025record last updated
Redcar and Clevelandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 13 August 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 244 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 29 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Lackenby Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Planning application reference
- R/2025/0500/FFM
- Address (REPD)
- N/O B1380 (Parcel A) & S/O A174 (Parcel B), Lackenby, Middlesbrough
- Council area (by location)
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Name in REPD
- Old Hall Farm, Lackenby - BESS
- REPD reference
- 19565
Who decides
| Applications | Redcar and Cleveland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 17 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (6%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 9 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lackenby | battery storage | 49.9 | permission expired | 0.3 |
| Wilton International, Greystones Road - Phase 1 | battery storage | 150 | approved, not built | 0.9 |
| Greystones Road, Grangetown | battery storage | 60 | approved, not built | 0.9 |
| Tesside GigaPark | battery storage | 1,000 | application submitted | 2.3 |
| Wilton | wind farm | 6.6 | application withdrawn | 3.3 |
| Bank Field Wind Farm | wind farm | 17 | application withdrawn | 3.6 |
| Land at Woodhouse Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.7 |
| Yearby Village - Tees Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| North Cote Farm & Park Farm, Dunsdale Solar Arrays | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.8 |
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 (54.5645, -1.1274).