Stainland Road, Salterhebble (25 MW battery storage)
Stainland Road, Salterhebble is a 25 MW battery storage project in Calderdale, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 28 September 2021, not yet built; the record was last updated on 8 April 2025. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 28 September 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 28 September 2024, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 June 2021 | Application submitted |
| 28 September 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 28 September 2024 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 25 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 8 April 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Whirlwind Energy Storage Limited
- Planning authority
- Calderdale
- Planning application reference
- 21/00839/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- South Of Sub Station Stainland Road Elland Calderdale
- Council area (by location)
- Calderdale
- Time to decision
- 15 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Stainland Road, Salterhebble - Battery Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 9397
Who decides
| Applications | Calderdale | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 18 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 6 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 3 of 6 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowfields Energy Storage Project | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.1 |
| Ashday Hall Farm, Ashday Lane | battery storage | 65 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Stainland Road | battery storage | 20 | application withdrawn | 4.2 |
| Swales Moor Farm | battery storage | 5 | permission expired | 5.7 |
| Holmfield Battery Storage | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 7.1 |
| Slaithwaite Moor Community Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.9 | application withdrawn | 9.3 |
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 (53.696, -1.856).