Widow Hill, Balderstone Lane (70 MW battery storage)
Widow Hill, Balderstone Lane is a 70 MW battery storage project in Burnley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: under construction since 1 May 2025; the record was last updated on 22 May 2025.
70 MWbattery storage
under constructionstatus in REPD
22 May 2025record last updated
Burnleycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 13 July 2021 | Application submitted |
| 20 July 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 May 2025 | Construction started |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 70 MW
- Status (REPD)
- under construction
- Record last updated
- 22 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- P3P Partners LLP
- Planning authority
- Burnley
- Planning application reference
- FUL/2021/0375
- Address (REPD)
- Balderstone Lane, Burnley
- Council area (by location)
- Burnley
- Time to decision
- 105 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Widow Hill, Balderstone Lane - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 9340
Who decides
| Applications | Burnley | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 17 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (41%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 3 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 4 of 8 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Old Vicarage, Reedley | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 2.9 |
| Walshaw House, Regent Street | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 5.0 |
| White Hill | wind farm | 12 | refused | 5.8 |
| Hameldon Hill Wind Farm (extension 2) | wind farm | 7.1 | permission expired | 6.6 |
| Hameldon Hill extension | wind farm | 7.5 | operational | 7.1 |
| Coal Clough Wind Farm (Co-located) | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 7.2 |
| Coal Clough Wind Farm Repowering | wind farm | 16 | operational | 7.4 |
| Coal Clough Wind Farm | wind farm | 9.6 | operational | 7.4 |
| Padiham | battery storage | 99.9 | refused | 7.6 |
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 (53.8046, -2.2142).