Shore Top Farm, Kearsley Road (11 MW battery storage)
Shore Top Farm, Kearsley Road is an 11 MW battery storage project in Bury, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 20 November 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 9 December 2025.
11 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
9 December 2025record last updated
Burycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 June 2025 | Application submitted |
| 20 November 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 20 November 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 11 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 9 December 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Taiyo Power & Storage Limited
- Planning authority
- Bury
- Planning application reference
- 71888
- Address (REPD)
- Shore Top Farm, Kearsley Road, Radcliffe, Manchester
- Council area (by location)
- Bury
- Time to decision
- 22 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Shore Top Farm, Kearsley Road - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 19074
Who decides
Bury has 5 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoneclough | battery storage | 7 | approved, not built | 0.5 |
| Bent Spur Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.5 |
| Lascar Works | battery storage | 20 | operational | 6.5 |
| Cleworth Hall Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 7.1 |
| Whitehead Landfill Site, Lower Green Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 9.6 |
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 (53.5495, -2.3503).