Salt End Lane (49 MW battery storage)
Salt End Lane is a 49 MW battery storage project in East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 12 December 2020; the record was last updated on 30 July 2020.
49 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
30 July 2020record last updated
East Riding of Yorkshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 10 November 2017 | Application submitted |
| 28 February 2018 | Planning permission granted |
| 12 December 2020 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with fossil fuel plant)
- Capacity
- 49 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 30 July 2020
- Operator or applicant
- AMPY Energy Services
- Planning authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Planning application reference
- 17/03771/STPLF
- Address (REPD)
- Land at Salt End Chemicals Park, Saltend Lane, Preston, Hull, Humberside
- Council area (by location)
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Time to decision
- 16 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7039
Who decides
| Applications | East Riding of Yorkshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 143 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 26 (18%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 59 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 24 of 63 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 21 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 18.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 10 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston International Business Park | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 1.0 |
| Green Frog Power, Great Field Lane | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 1.3 |
| Hull East Stor Generation Compound | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 1.6 |
| Neat Marsh North, Neat Marsh Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.1 |
| Harbour Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 42 | application submitted | 2.3 |
| Staithes Road, Saltend -Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 240 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Froghall Farm, Wyton Road Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Froghall Farm, Wyton Road Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Hull Solar Farm | solar farm | 25.7 | under construction | 3.8 |
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 (53.7391, -0.2365).