Perimeter Road, Kirkby (165 MW battery storage)
Perimeter Road, Kirkby is a 165 MW battery storage project in Knowsley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 14 November 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 12 December 2025.
165 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
12 December 2025record last updated
Knowsleycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 November 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 165 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 12 December 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Unknown
- Planning authority
- Knowsley
- Planning application reference
- 25/00521/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- E/O Perimeter Road, Kirkby, Liverpool
- Council area (by location)
- Knowsley
- Name in REPD
- Perimeter Road, Kirkby - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 15191
Who decides
| Applications | Knowsley | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 20 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 18 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 7.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: Knowsley, Knowsley Borough.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleywood Road, Knowsley Industrial Park | battery storage | 49.9 | abandoned | 0.8 |
| Coopers Lane, Kirkby | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 1.6 |
| Cut Lane | battery storage | 57 | application submitted | 1.7 |
| Gerard Hall Solar Farm | solar farm | 17 | refused on appeal | 6.2 |
| Pikelaw Place | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 7.8 |
| Burtonhead Road | battery storage | 30 | abandoned | 8.5 |
| Liverpool Energy Management Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 8.7 |
| Lister Drive | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 8.7 |
| Carnegie Road (Phase 2) | battery storage | 40 | permission expired | 8.7 |
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 (53.4827, -2.8479).