Stainland Road (20 MW battery storage)
Stainland Road is a 20 MW battery storage project in Calderdale, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 8 February 2018; the record was last updated on 19 October 2018.
20 MWbattery storage
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
19 October 2018record last updated
Calderdalecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 16 September 2017 | Application submitted |
| 8 February 2018 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 19 October 2018
- Operator or applicant
- Sterling Power Group
- Planning authority
- Calderdale
- Planning application reference
- 16/01216/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land adjacent to, Stainland Road, Elland, Halifax
- Council area (by location)
- Calderdale
- REPD reference
- 7083
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stainland Road, Salterhebble | battery storage | 25 | approved, not built | 4.2 |
| Slaithwaite Moor Community Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.9 | application withdrawn | 5.8 |
| Lowfields Energy Storage Project | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.9 |
| Ashday Hall Farm, Ashday Lane | battery storage | 65 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Swales Moor Farm | battery storage | 5 | permission expired | 8.5 |
| Holmfield Battery Storage | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 9.5 |
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 (53.6758, -1.9096).