Stocking Lane Battery Energy Facility (200 MW)
Stocking Lane Battery Energy Facility is a 200 MW battery storage project in North Yorkshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 16 September 2023, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 23 October 2023. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 16 September 2023 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 23 October 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Nel Tiger
- Planning authority
- North Yorkshire
- Planning application reference
- ZG2023/0938/FULM
- Address (REPD)
- Stocking Lane, Weeland Road, Knottingley
- Council area (by location)
- North Yorkshire
- Name in REPD
- Stocking Lane - Battery Energy Facility
- REPD reference
- 15082
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeland Road, Kellingley Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 0.2 |
| Sudforth Lane (Kellingley Solar Farm) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 0.8 |
| Corner Of Weeland Road, Lunn Lane | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Knottingley A | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.3 |
| Leys Lane | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 3.0 |
| Eggborough Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 550 | approved, not built | 3.2 |
| Wood Lane | wind farm | 32.2 | application withdrawn | 3.5 |
| Kirkhaw Lane | battery storage | 100 | abandoned | 4.5 |
| Kirkhaw Lane | battery storage | 20 | operational | 4.6 |
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 (53.709, -1.2082).