Swales Moor Farm (5 MW battery storage)
Swales Moor Farm is a 5 MW battery storage project in Calderdale, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 18 June 2023; the record was last updated on 31 March 2020.
5 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
31 March 2020record last updated
Calderdalecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 13 March 2020 | Application submitted |
| 13 August 2020 | Planning permission granted |
| 18 June 2023 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with fossil fuel plant)
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 31 March 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Bouygues Energies
- Planning authority
- Calderdale
- Planning application reference
- 20/00240/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Swales Moor Farm, Swales Moor Road, Halifax
- Council area (by location)
- Calderdale
- Time to decision
- 22 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7725
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmfield Battery Storage | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Ovenden Moor | wind farm | 9.2 | decommissioned | 5.6 |
| Stainland Road, Salterhebble | battery storage | 25 | approved, not built | 5.7 |
| Ovenden Moor (Repower) | wind farm | 18 | operational | 5.8 |
| Ashday Hall Farm, Ashday Lane | battery storage | 65 | approved, not built | 6.3 |
| Lowfields Energy Storage Project | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Old Allen Road, Wilsden | battery storage | 99.9 | application submitted | 6.6 |
| Peat Dykes Farm, Harrop Lane | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
| Bradford West Substation (Harrop Edge Farm) | battery storage | 49.9 | under construction | 6.9 |
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 (53.7471, -1.8643).