Tontine Road (70 MW battery storage)
Tontine Road is a 70 MW battery storage project in West Lancashire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 31 January 2023, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 19 October 2021. 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 |
|---|---|
| 31 January 2023 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 70 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 19 October 2021
- Operator or applicant
- Coriolis Energy
- Planning authority
- West Lancashire
- Planning application reference
- 2022/1368/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- S/O Ashton Hall, Tontine Road, Road Up Holland, Wigan
- Council area (by location)
- West Lancashire
- Name in REPD
- Tontine Road - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 9819
Who decides
| Applications | West Lancashire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 24 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 16 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Far Moor | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 1.0 |
| Kilshaw Street | battery storage | 20 | permission expired | 3.0 |
| Pikelaw Place | battery storage | 10 | permission expired | 3.1 |
| Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road | battery storage | 70 | approved, not built | 3.8 |
| Mill Farm | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 6.0 |
| Unit 5 XL Business Park | battery storage | 49.9 | under construction | 6.4 |
| Orrell Street Battery Energy Storage Facility | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
| Thompson House Equestrian farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 7.2 |
| Avondale Nurseries, Spa Lane | battery storage | 320 | approved, not built | 7.7 |
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 (53.5366, -2.7209).