Yarra Industrial Estate, Loicher Lane (20 MW battery storage)
Yarra Industrial Estate, Loicher Lane is a 20 MW battery storage project in Sheffield, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 30 May 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 8 July 2024.
20 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
8 July 2024record last updated
Sheffieldcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 26 October 2022 | Application submitted |
| 30 May 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 30 May 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 8 July 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Ecclesfield Power Limited
- Planning authority
- Sheffield
- Planning application reference
- 22/03914/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Yarra Industrial Estate North Side Of Loicher Lane Ecclesfield
- Council area (by location)
- Sheffield
- Time to decision
- 83 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Yarra Industrial Estate, Loicher Lane - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12524
Who decides
| Applications | Sheffield | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 29 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (14%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 21 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 8.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn Meadows | battery storage | 10 | operational | 4.5 |
| Petre Street | battery storage | 20 | permission expired | 4.9 |
| Claire Court, Rawmarsh Road | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 6.3 |
| Maltby Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | application submitted | 6.6 |
| Whitestone Solar Farm | solar farm | 750 | application submitted | 6.6 |
| Brinsworth Road, Brinsworth | battery storage | 40 | application submitted | 7.1 |
| West Melton Electricity Substation | battery storage | 26 | approved, not built | 7.7 |
| Swangate Project | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 7.8 |
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 (53.4454, -1.451).