Walshaw House, Regent Street (100 MW battery storage)
Walshaw House, Regent Street is a 100 MW battery storage project in Pendle, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 14 December 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 2 January 2024.
100 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
2 January 2024record last updated
Pendlecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 August 2023 | Application submitted |
| 14 December 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 14 December 2026 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 2 January 2024
- Operator or applicant
- R B Business Park Limited
- Planning authority
- Pendle
- Planning application reference
- 23/0541/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Walshaw House, Regent Street, Nelson
- Council area (by location)
- Pendle
- Time to decision
- 19 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Walshaw House, Regent Street - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 14625
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Old Vicarage, Reedley | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 4.8 |
| Widow Hill, Balderstone Lane | battery storage | 70 | under construction | 5.0 |
| Land of coal pit lane | solar farm | 5 | operational | 9.5 |
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 (53.849, -2.2027).