Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road (70 MW battery storage)
Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road is a 70 MW battery storage project in Wigan, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 25 February 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 1 April 2025.
70 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
1 April 2025record last updated
Wigancouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 February 2024 | Application submitted |
| 25 February 2025 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 70 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 1 April 2025
- Operator or applicant
- UKGEA
- Planning authority
- Wigan
- Planning application reference
- A/23/96568/MAJOR
- Address (REPD)
- Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road, Billinge, Wigan
- Council area (by location)
- Wigan
- Time to decision
- 55 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 15930
Who decides
| Applications | Wigan | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 17 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 0 (0%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 13 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 9.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 2.2 |
| Kilshaw Street | battery storage | 20 | permission expired | 2.6 |
| Far Moor | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 3.1 |
| Tontine Road | battery storage | 70 | application submitted | 3.8 |
| Orrell Street Battery Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
| Pikelaw Place | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 6.2 |
| Burtonhead Road | battery storage | 30 | abandoned | 8.3 |
| Thompson House Equestrian farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.7 |
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 (53.5108, -2.6825).