Rawfield Lane (200 MW battery storage)
Rawfield Lane is a 200 MW battery storage project in North Yorkshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 21 August 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 11 September 2025.
200 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
11 September 2025record last updated
North Yorkshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 October 2024 | Application submitted |
| 21 August 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 21 August 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 11 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Harmony Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- North Yorkshire
- Planning application reference
- ZG2024/1317/FULM
- Address (REPD)
- East Of Rawfield Lane Fairburn
- Council area (by location)
- North Yorkshire
- Time to decision
- 46 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Rawfield Lane - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 17502
Who decides
| Applications | North Yorkshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 165 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 28 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 15 of 112 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 8 of 24 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 5 of 29 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 13 / 12 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monk Fryston Battery Storage | battery storage | 320 | under construction | 1.1 |
| Monk Fryston Battery Storage | battery storage | 57 | under construction | 1.3 |
| Kirkhaw Lane Battery Storage Energy | battery storage | 150 | operational | 3.0 |
| Kirkhaw Lane | battery storage | 20 | operational | 3.3 |
| Kirkhaw Lane | battery storage | 100 | abandoned | 3.3 |
| Solar Farm at Light Valley Solar Sites | solar farm | 500 | application submitted | 3.8 |
| Hillam Grange, Austfield Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.9 |
| Newton Lane, Ledston | battery storage | 25 | approved, not built | 4.8 |
| Knottingley A | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.6 |
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 (53.7476, -1.2809).