The Old Vicarage, Reedley (100 MW battery storage)
The Old Vicarage, Reedley is a 100 MW battery storage project in Pendle, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 26 June 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 30 June 2026.
100 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
30 June 2026record last updated
Pendlecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 3 August 2023 | Application submitted |
| 5 June 2024 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 26 June 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 26 June 2025 | Appeal allowed |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 30 June 2026
- Operator or applicant
- European Energy A/S
- Planning authority
- Pendle
- Planning application reference
- 23/0507/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Sw/O The Old Vicarage, Greenhead Lane, Reedley, Burnley
- Council area (by location)
- Pendle
- Time to decision
- 99 weeks
- Name in REPD
- The Old Vicarage, Reedley - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12767
Who decides
Pendle has 8 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Hill, Balderstone Lane | battery storage | 70 | under construction | 2.9 |
| Walshaw House, Regent Street | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 4.8 |
| Padiham | battery storage | 99.9 | refused | 5.5 |
| Shuttleworth House, Higher Shuttleworth | battery storage | 100 | refused | 6.1 |
| Hameldon Hill extension | wind farm | 7.5 | operational | 6.2 |
| Hameldon Hill Wind Farm (extension 2) | wind farm | 7.1 | permission expired | 6.4 |
| Calder Works, Burnley Road | battery storage | 70 | application withdrawn | 6.4 |
| Huncoat Power Station | battery storage | 45 | refused | 6.8 |
| White Hill | wind farm | 12 | refused | 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 (53.8172, -2.2531).