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Kirkhaw Lane
Kirkhaw Lane is an operational 20 MW battery storage site in Wakefield, generating since 1 May 2018. Planning permission was granted on 24 October 2019, 27 months after submission. Operator of record: Walker & Son (Hauliers) Limited.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 17 July 2017 |
| Permission granted | 24 October 2019 27 months after submission |
| Operational | 1 May 2018 |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Urban agricultural land.
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
Wakefield’s record on battery storage
Wakefield has decided 6 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 9.6 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Wakefield →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | 150 | 0.3 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 68 | 0.4 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 70 | 0.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.4 | 2.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 2.8 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 320 | 4 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 57 | 4.1 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5.3 km |
How big is Kirkhaw Lane?
Kirkhaw Lane has a recorded installed capacity of 20 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Kirkhaw Lane?
REPD records the operator as Walker & Son (Hauliers) Limited. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Kirkhaw Lane approved and built?
The application was submitted on 17 July 2017. Permission was granted on 24 October 2019, 27 months later. The site became operational on 1 May 2018.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 7148.
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