Wallerscote Limebeds (30 MW battery storage)
Wallerscote Limebeds is a 30 MW battery storage project in Cheshire West and Chester, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 21 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 5 August 2025.
30 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
5 August 2025record last updated
Cheshire West and Chestercouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 September 2023 | Application submitted |
| 23 July 2024 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 21 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 21 July 2025 | Appeal allowed |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 30 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 5 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Infinis Solar Developments Limited / Green Earth Developments
- Planning authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Planning application reference
- 23/02766/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Winnington Avenue, Northwich
- Council area (by location)
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Time to decision
- 98 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Wallerscote Limebeds - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 14888
Recorded together with Wallerscote Limebeds Solar Pv Park (22 MW solar farm, approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | Cheshire West and Chester | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 54 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (11%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 40 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 12 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aston Grange, Aston Solar Panels & Battery Energy Storage System | solar farm | 20 | application submitted | 8.5 |
| Aston Grange Farm | wind farm | 12 | refused on appeal | 8.6 |
| Woodford Lane West Solar Farm (Hebden Green) | solar farm | 19 | approved, not built | 9.3 |
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 (53.2583, -2.5399).