Station Road, Carlton (99 MW battery storage)
Station Road, Carlton is a 99 MW battery storage project in North Yorkshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 14 May 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 2 June 2025.
99 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
2 June 2025record last updated
North Yorkshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 9 October 2024 | Application submitted |
| 14 May 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 14 May 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 99 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 2 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Root Power (North) Limited
- Planning authority
- North Yorkshire
- Planning application reference
- ZG2024/1052/FULM
- Address (REPD)
- E/O Station Road, Carlton, Goole
- Council area (by location)
- North Yorkshire
- Time to decision
- 31 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Station Road, Carlton - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 17577
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 2.4 |
| Camblesforth Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Drax Re-Power | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Hales Lane | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Lakeside Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 2.9 |
| Helios Renewable Energy Project | solar farm | 190 | approved, not built | 3.7 |
| Rusholme Wind Farm | wind farm | 24 | operational | 5.0 |
| Aire & Calder Wind Farm | wind farm | 45 | application withdrawn | 5.1 |
| Land at Pollington Airfield | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.4 |
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 (53.7136, -1.0191).