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Kirkhaw Lane - Battery Storage Energy
Kirkhaw Lane - Battery Storage Energy is an operational 150 MW battery storage site in Wakefield, generating since 23 March 2026. Planning permission was granted on 6 June 2023, 19 months after submission. Operator of record: SSE Enterprise Contracting.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 11 November 2021 |
| Permission granted | 6 June 2023 19 months after submission |
| Operational | 23 March 2026 34 months after consent |
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Wakefield approves 100% of battery storage schemes. Redline puts that number, and everything else the record holds, against your own boundary: the authority’s actual approval rate and decision times, every designation inside the red line, agricultural grade, 1 m LIDAR earthworks, how contested the grid is, and yield with a P90 — before you spend on a consultant.
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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 | 20 | 0.3 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 68 | 0.6 km |
EfW Incineration · Operational | 70 | 0.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 2.4 | 3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 3 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 320 | 3.7 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 57 | 3.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 5.4 km |
How big is Kirkhaw Lane - Battery Storage Energy?
Kirkhaw Lane - Battery Storage Energy has a recorded installed capacity of 150 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 - Battery Storage Energy?
REPD records the operator as SSE Enterprise Contracting. 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 - Battery Storage Energy approved and built?
The application was submitted on 11 November 2021. Permission was granted on 6 June 2023, 19 months later. The site became operational on 23 March 2026, 34 months after consent.
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 10022.
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