South Kirkby Business Park (10 MW battery storage)
South Kirkby Business Park is a 10 MW battery storage project in Wakefield, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 14 March 2022; the record was last updated on 21 January 2020.
10 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
21 January 2020record last updated
Wakefieldcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 24 October 2017 | Application submitted |
| 8 January 2018 | Planning permission granted |
| 14 March 2022 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with fossil fuel plant)
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 21 January 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Morris & co Handling
- Planning authority
- Wakefield
- Planning application reference
- 17/02798/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Plot 4 South Kirkby Business P, Brigantian Way, South Kirkby, Pontefract, West Yorkshire
- Council area (by location)
- Wakefield
- Time to decision
- 11 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7109
Who decides
| Applications | Wakefield | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 45 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 9.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moorhouse Grange, Moorhouse Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 4.6 |
| Engine Lane, Grimethorpe Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 4.8 |
| Kirkgate Lane, Felkirk | solar farm | 10 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| Butt Lane, Hooton Pagnell Battery Energy Storage | battery storage | 30 | application submitted | 5.6 |
| Butt Lane, Hooton Pagnell Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 5.6 |
| Hampole Wind Farm | wind farm | 8 | operational | 5.6 |
| Park Spring Wind Farm | wind farm | 8.6 | operational | 5.7 |
| Manor Farm, South Hiendley Solar Photovoltaic Farm | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Norton Community Wind Turbines | wind farm | 5 | refused | 8.8 |
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 (53.6013, -1.3292).