Wild Fowl Farm, Carrington Lane (35 MW battery storage)
Wild Fowl Farm, Carrington Lane is a 35 MW battery storage project in Trafford, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 17 February 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 4 March 2025.
35 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
4 March 2025record last updated
Traffordcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 May 2024 | Application submitted |
| 29 August 2024 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 17 February 2025 | Appeal allowed |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 35 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 4 March 2025
- Operator or applicant
- O&G Solar (SPV 56) Ltd
- Planning authority
- Trafford
- Planning application reference
- 113358/FUL/24
- Address (REPD)
- Wild Fowl Farm Carrington Lane Carrington
- Council area (by location)
- Trafford
- Time to decision
- 17 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Wild Fowl Farm, Carrington Lane - Battery Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 16383
Who decides
| Applications | Trafford | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 28 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (21%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 19 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 8.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daines Battery Energy Storage System | battery storage | 600 | approved, not built | 1.5 |
| Carrington Power Station, Manchester Road | battery storage | 680 | under construction | 2.2 |
| Golf Road | battery storage | 90 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
| Sale Golf Club, Golf Road | battery storage | 70 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
| Freshfields, Fairy Lane | battery storage | 99.9 | under construction | 6.0 |
| West Didsbury Battery Storage | battery storage | 50 | operational | 6.1 |
| Whitehead Landfill Site, Lower Green Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 10 | application submitted | 8.0 |
| Lights Oaks Moss | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 8.1 |
| Silver Lane, Risley Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 8.8 |
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 (53.4331, -2.3697).