West Burton Power Station, North Road (500 MW battery storage)
West Burton Power Station, North Road is a 500 MW battery storage project in Bassetlaw, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 5 September 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 13 September 2024.
500 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
13 September 2024record last updated
Bassetlawcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 December 2022 | Application submitted |
| 5 September 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 5 September 2029 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 500 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 13 September 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Fidra Energy / Drax
- Planning authority
- Bassetlaw
- Planning application reference
- 22/01713/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- West Burton Power Station North Road West Burton
- Council area (by location)
- Bassetlaw
- Time to decision
- 88 weeks
- Name in REPD
- West Burton Power Station, North Road - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 11928
Who decides
| Applications | Bassetlaw | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (12%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 25 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 7 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steeple Renewables Project | solar farm | 450 | application submitted | <0.1 |
| West Burton | battery storage | 49 | operational | 1.4 |
| Gainsborough Road, Saundby Solar Farm | solar farm | 78 | under construction | 2.0 |
| Gainsborough Road, Saundby | battery storage | 120 | under construction | 2.0 |
| Wood Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.9 |
| Saundby Wind Farm | wind farm | 15 | application withdrawn | 2.9 |
| Old Trent Road, Beckingham | battery storage | 80 | application withdrawn | 4.6 |
| Cottam wind farm | wind farm | 6.9 | application withdrawn | 5.2 |
| Gate Burton Solar & Energy Storage Park | solar farm | 531 | approved, not built | 6.1 |
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 (53.3654, -0.8194).