Vause Farm (20 MW battery storage)
Vause Farm is a 20 MW battery storage project in Chorley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 9 February 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 13 February 2024.
20 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
13 February 2024record last updated
Chorleycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 March 2022 | Application submitted |
| 9 February 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 9 February 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 13 February 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Sirius Renewable Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Chorley
- Planning application reference
- 22/00362/FULMAJ
- Address (REPD)
- North Of Vause Farm Town Lane Charnock Richard
- Council area (by location)
- Chorley
- Time to decision
- 97 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Vause Farm - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 10989
Who decides
Chorley has 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charnock Richard | battery storage | 30 | operational | <0.1 |
| Thompson House Equestrian farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 1.9 |
| Green Energy Park, Eyes Lane | solar farm | 12 | application submitted | 6.0 |
| Green Energy Park, Eyes Lane | battery storage | 5 | application submitted | 6.0 |
| Wanes Blades Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 16 | refused | 7.1 |
| Land off Tithe Barn lane | solar farm | 5 | refused | 8.9 |
| Tithe Barn Lane | solar | 8 | refused | 8.9 |
| Tontine Road | battery storage | 70 | application submitted | 8.9 |
| Kilshaw Street | battery storage | 20 | permission expired | 9.0 |
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 (53.6144, -2.6884).