West Farm, Aspatria (50 MW battery storage)
West Farm, Aspatria is a 50 MW battery storage project in Cumberland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 4 September 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 10 July 2025.
50 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
10 July 2025record last updated
Cumberlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 April 2024 | Application submitted |
| 4 September 2024 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 10 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Net Zero Seventeen Limited
- Planning authority
- Cumberland
- Planning application reference
- FUL/2024/0085
- Address (REPD)
- West Farm, West Street, Aspatria, Wigton
- Council area (by location)
- Cumberland
- Time to decision
- 19 weeks
- Name in REPD
- West Farm, Aspatria - Battery Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 15673
Who decides
| Applications | Cumberland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 91 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 30 (33%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 32 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 25 of 45 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 14 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 22.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 7 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick Hall | wind farm | 12 | refused | 1.6 |
| Lancarr | wind farm | 6.9 | application withdrawn | 1.7 |
| Aspatria | solar farm | 19 | operational | 2.0 |
| Westnewton | wind farm | 6.2 | operational | 2.0 |
| Westnewton (withdrawn) | wind farm | 10 | application withdrawn | 2.9 |
| Threapland Lees | wind farm | 12 | application withdrawn | 3.3 |
| West Newton | solar farm | 5 | refused | 3.4 |
| Brownrigg Hall Wind Farm | wind farm | 11.5 | refused | 3.8 |
| Wharrels Hill | solar farm | 14.6 | appeal withdrawn | 5.3 |
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 (54.7621, -3.3381).