Roosecote (49 MW battery storage)
Roosecote is a 49 MW battery storage project in Westmorland and Furness, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 30 November 2018; the record was last updated on 30 November 2018.
49 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
30 November 2018record last updated
Westmorland and Furnesscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 March 2017 | Construction started |
| 30 November 2018 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 30 November 2018
- Operator or applicant
- Centrica
- Planning authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Planning application reference
- not recorded
- Address (REPD)
- Roosecote coal and gas-fired power station, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, UK,
- Council area (by location)
- Westmorland and Furness
- REPD reference
- 6912
Who decides
| Applications | Westmorland and Furness | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 68 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 30 (44%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 14 of 42 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 14 of 19 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 34.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 9 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosecote Power Station, Rampside Road | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | <0.1 |
| Cavendish Dock Road | floating solar | 40 | application submitted | 2.6 |
| Sowerby Lodge Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.0 |
| Bleabeck Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 7.5 |
| Solar Farm at Bleabeck Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 7.8 |
| Roanhead Farm | solar farm | 6.5 | operational | 7.8 |
| Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | application withdrawn | 8.1 |
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 (54.1052, -3.19).