Padiham (99.9 MW battery storage)
Padiham is a 99.9 MW battery storage project in Burnley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 16 December 2024; the record was last updated on 25 February 2025.
99.9 MWbattery storage
refusedstatus in REPD
25 February 2025record last updated
Burnleycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 31 May 2024 | Application submitted |
| 16 December 2024 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 99.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 25 February 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Energi Generation Limited
- Planning authority
- Burnley
- Planning application reference
- FUL/2024/0258
- Address (REPD)
- N/O A6068 Padiham, Burnley
- Council area (by location)
- Burnley
- Time to decision
- 28 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Padiham - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 13387
Who decides
| Applications | Burnley | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 17 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (41%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 3 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 8 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calder Works, Burnley Road | battery storage | 70 | application withdrawn | 0.9 |
| Shuttleworth House, Higher Shuttleworth | battery storage | 100 | refused | 1.5 |
| Huncoat Power Station | battery storage | 45 | refused | 2.3 |
| Hameldon Hill extension | wind farm | 7.5 | operational | 3.4 |
| Hameldon Hill Wind Farm (extension 2) | wind farm | 7.1 | permission expired | 4.8 |
| The Old Vicarage, Reedley | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 5.5 |
| White Hill | wind farm | 12 | refused | 7.4 |
| Widow Hill, Balderstone Lane | battery storage | 70 | under construction | 7.6 |
| Little Snodworth Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 7.9 |
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 (53.7981, -2.3298).