Power plant · Calderdale, England, United Kingdom
Ashday Hall Farm, Ashday Lane - Battery Energy Storage
Ashday Hall Farm, Ashday Lane - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Calderdale, England, United Kingdom, with 65 MW of capacity, operated by Sandbrook Capital BES Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Calderdale (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Ashday Hall Farm, Ashday Lane, Halifax, Elland, HX5 9JB | 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 | 12 Mar 2025 (permit 24/00680/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Calderdale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Aug 2024 (ref. 24/00680/FUL, Calderdale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Mar 2025 (granted, ref. 24/00680/FUL, Calderdale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Sandbrook Capital BES Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 65 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.6992, -1.8140 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Ashday Hall Farm, Ashday Lane - Battery Energy Storage is the 375th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 655th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 65 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 375th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 655th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,617th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 509 grid connections (269 operating, 2,558 MW), 319 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Lowfields Way PV grid connection | Grid connection | 1.24 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Battery storage 100 MW grid connection at Lowfields Way BESS Direct | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Lowfields Buisness Park BESS Direct | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Elland | Substation | — | — | 0.8 km |
| Lowfields | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Elland 33/11kV | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 42 km |
Operator and place
More from Sandbrook Capital BES Limited
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- Mop End Farm, Mop End Lane - Battery Energy Storage500 MW · planned
- Avondale Nurseries, Spa Lane - Battery Energy Storage320 MW · permitted
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.