St Michaels Road, Ditton Road (14 MW battery storage)
St Michaels Road, Ditton Road is a 14 MW battery storage project in Halton, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 27 October 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 28 November 2023.
14 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
28 November 2023record last updated
Haltoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 November 2022 | Application submitted |
| 27 October 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 27 October 2026 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 14 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 28 November 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Shell Green Limited
- Planning authority
- Halton
- Planning application reference
- 22/00623/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- West Of St Michaels Road Ditton Road
- Council area (by location)
- Halton
- Time to decision
- 48 weeks
- Name in REPD
- St Michaels Road, Ditton Road - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12904
Who decides
| Applications | Halton | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 12 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (8%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 9 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaguar Land Rover Jaguar Plant, North Road | rooftop solar | 9.3 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
| Fiddlers Ferry Power Station | battery storage | 150 | under construction | 5.2 |
| Mowcroft Solar Farm | solar farm | 27.1 | refused | 5.2 |
| Cholmondeley Road | battery storage | 150 | approved, not built | 5.9 |
| Frodsham Marsh | wind farm | 50.4 | operational | 6.5 |
| Frodsham Solar Project & Battery Storage | solar farm | 147 | application submitted | 6.6 |
| Station Road, Fiddlers Ferry | battery storage | 250 | refused | 6.9 |
| Sutton Manor | battery storage | 57 | approved, not built | 7.0 |
| Land south of 50 Station Road | solar farm | 5 | refused | 7.7 |
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 (53.3587, -2.762).