Springfield Farm, Weeland Road (240 MW battery storage)
Springfield Farm, Weeland Road is a 240 MW battery storage project in North Yorkshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 7 May 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 9 June 2025.
240 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
9 June 2025record last updated
North Yorkshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 17 June 2024 | Application submitted |
| 7 May 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 7 May 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 240 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 9 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Newton Energi Limited
- Planning authority
- North Yorkshire
- Planning application reference
- ZG2024/0549/FULM
- Address (REPD)
- Springfield Farm Weeland Road Hensall
- Council area (by location)
- North Yorkshire
- Time to decision
- 46 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Springfield Farm, Weeland Road - Battery Energy Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 16644
Who decides
| Applications | North Yorkshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 165 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 28 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 15 of 112 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 8 of 24 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 5 of 29 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 13 / 12 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield Farm, Hensall | battery storage | 240 | approved, not built | 0.1 |
| Eggborough Power Station, Selby Road | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Eggborough Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 550 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Corner Of Weeland Road, Lunn Lane | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 3.2 |
| Pollington Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.4 |
| Helios Renewable Energy Project | solar farm | 190 | approved, not built | 3.8 |
| Sudforth Lane (Kellingley Solar Farm) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.8 |
| Land at Pollington Airfield | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.1 |
| Weeland Road, Kellingley Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 5.1 |
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 (53.7006, -1.1287).