Westfield Road, Carlton (50 MW battery storage)
Westfield Road, Carlton is a 50 MW battery storage project in Leeds, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 14 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 28 July 2025.
50 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
28 July 2025record last updated
Leedscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 November 2023 | Application submitted |
| 3 May 2024 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 1 November 2024 | Appeal lodged |
| 14 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 14 July 2025 | Appeal allowed |
| 14 July 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 28 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Firma Vogt Solar Limited
- Planning authority
- Leeds
- Planning application reference
- 23/06404/FU
- Appeal reference
- PP/N4720/W/24/3354875
- Address (REPD)
- Westfield Road Carlton
- Council area (by location)
- Leeds
- Time to decision
- 88 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Westfield Road, Carlton - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 15338
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield Road, Carlton 23/00450/FU | 50 | 24 January 2023 | withdrawn 18 April 2023 |
Who decides
| Applications | Leeds | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 68 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (10%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 58 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 7.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 4 | — |
UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skelton Grange Battery Storage Facility | battery storage | 99 | approved, not built | 4.2 |
| Haigh Hall Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.0 |
| Owlers Farm, Wakefield Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 7.8 |
| Neil Fox Way | battery storage | 99.9 | application submitted | 8.0 |
| Neil Fox Way | battery storage | 99.9 | application submitted | 8.0 |
| Cooksland Farm, Old Snydale -Battery Energy Storage | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 8.4 |
| Barnsdale Road Solar Park | solar farm | 40 | under construction | 8.7 |
| Buslingthorpe Green | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 8.9 |
| Newton Lane, Ledston | battery storage | 25 | approved, not built | 9.2 |
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 (53.7401, -1.4941).