Power plant · Hyndburn, England, United Kingdom
Davies Road - Whitebirk Battery Storage
Davies Road - Whitebirk Battery Storage is a cancelled power plant in Hyndburn, England, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, operated by Field.
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 | Davies Road, Blackburn, BB1 3HR | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 2 Mar 2022 (permit 11/21/0483, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Blackburn with Darwen) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 4 Aug 2021 (reference 11/21/0483, planning authority Blackburn with Darwen) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Mar 2022 (granted, reference 11/21/0483, planning authority Blackburn with Darwen) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Field (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 25 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7549, -2.4426 | 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 Blackburn with Darwen, reference 11/21/0483)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Blackburn with Darwen, reference 11/21/0483)
How it compares
Davies Road - Whitebirk Battery Storage is the 670th-largest of 3,953 power plants in England and the 1,151st-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 670th of 3,953 | 85,679 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,151st of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,546th of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 455 substations, 444 grid connections (245 operating, 2,123 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davies Road grid connection | Grid connection | 25 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Blackburn | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Blackburn BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Pets Choice Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 24.2 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Knuzden BESS 60MW grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 1.6 km |
| Clarendon RD | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 24 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Joule House | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.
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- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.