Sale Golf Club, Golf Road (70 MW battery storage)
Sale Golf Club, Golf Road is a 70 MW battery storage project in Trafford, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 17 November 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 30 November 2023.
70 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
30 November 2023record last updated
Traffordcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 April 2023 | Application submitted |
| 17 November 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 17 November 2026 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 70 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 30 November 2023
- Operator or applicant
- 247 Power Limited
- Planning authority
- Trafford
- Planning application reference
- 110666/FUL/23
- Address (REPD)
- Sale Golf Club Golf Road
- Council area (by location)
- Trafford
- Time to decision
- 32 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Sale Golf Club, Golf Road - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 13731
Who decides
| Applications | Trafford | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 28 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (21%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 19 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 8.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golf Road | battery storage | 90 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Freshfields, Fairy Lane | battery storage | 99.9 | under construction | 0.7 |
| West Didsbury Battery Storage | battery storage | 50 | operational | 0.8 |
| Wild Fowl Farm, Carrington Lane | battery storage | 35 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
| Daines Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 600 | approved, not built | 5.7 |
| Carrington Power Station, Manchester Road | battery storage | 680 | under construction | 7.6 |
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 (53.4237, -2.2904).