Pikelaw Place (10 MW battery storage)
Pikelaw Place is a 10 MW battery storage project in West Lancashire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 21 July 2020; the record was last updated on 25 August 2020.
10 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
25 August 2020record last updated
West Lancashirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 24 May 2017 | Application submitted |
| 25 July 2017 | Planning permission granted |
| 21 July 2020 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 25 August 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Green Hedge Energy UK
- Planning authority
- West Lancashire
- Planning application reference
- 2017/0563/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land at Pikelaw Place, Skelmersdale, Lancashire
- Council area (by location)
- West Lancashire
- Time to decision
- 9 weeks
- REPD reference
- 6944
Who decides
| Applications | West Lancashire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 24 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 16 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tontine Road | battery storage | 70 | application submitted | 3.1 |
| Far Moor | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 3.3 |
| Unit 5 XL Business Park | battery storage | 49.9 | under construction | 4.1 |
| Avondale Nurseries, Spa Lane | battery storage | 320 | approved, not built | 5.2 |
| Kilshaw Street | battery storage | 20 | permission expired | 6.0 |
| Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road | battery storage | 70 | approved, not built | 6.2 |
| Wanes Blades Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 16 | refused | 7.4 |
| Perimeter Road, Kirkby | battery storage | 165 | application submitted | 7.8 |
| Mill Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 8.3 |
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 (53.534, -2.7678).