Power plant · Hyndburn, England, United Kingdom
Accrington and Rossendale College, Sandy Lane - Battery Storage
Accrington and Rossendale College, Sandy Lane - Battery Storage is a permitted power plant in Hyndburn, England, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by Nelson & Colne College.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Hyndburn (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Accrington & Rossendale College, Sandy Lane, Accrington, BB5 2AR | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 2 Feb 2024 (permit 11/23/0412, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Hyndburn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 30 Oct 2023 (reference 11/23/0412, planning authority Hyndburn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Feb 2024 (granted, reference 11/23/0412, planning authority Hyndburn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Nelson & Colne College | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7506, -2.3529 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Hyndburn, reference 11/23/0412)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Hyndburn, reference 11/23/0412)
How it compares
Accrington and Rossendale College, Sandy Lane - Battery Storage is the 2,080th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 3,100th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,080th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,100th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,333rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 480 substations, 457 grid connections (252 operating, 2,190 MW), 17 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington Campus grid connection | Grid connection | 2.22 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Hyndburn RD | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Strawberry Bank | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Whinney Hill 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 2.0 km |
| Church | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| UNIT 1B grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 29 km |
| Asanti Manchester | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.