Peel Road (20 MW battery storage)
Peel Road is a 20 MW battery storage project in Fylde, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 6 September 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 25 September 2023.
20 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
25 September 2023record last updated
Fyldecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 February 2023 | Application submitted |
| 6 September 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 22 September 2026 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 25 September 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Energi Generation
- Planning authority
- Fylde
- Planning application reference
- 23/0125
- Address (REPD)
- Peel Road, Opp Sub Station, Westby With Plumptons, Blackpool
- Council area (by location)
- Fylde
- Time to decision
- 29 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Peel Road - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 13300
Recorded together with Peel Road Phase 2 Solar Farm (13 MW solar farm, application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | Fylde | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 19 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 16 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawns Solar Farm | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 1.2 |
| Lowland Farm, Peel Road | battery storage | 100 | application submitted | 1.6 |
| West Moss Lane, Higher Ballam | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 2.0 |
| Cask Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 2.7 |
| Land off Moss Side Lane | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.3 |
| Smithy Lane, Staining Solar PV Panels & BESS | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 4.3 |
| Newfold Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 6.0 |
| Aldon Road | battery storage | 6 | permission expired | 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 (53.7834, -2.9775).