Power plant · Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Newton Lane, Ledston - Battery Storage Facility
Newton Lane, Ledston - Battery Storage Facility is a permitted power plant in Leeds, England, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, operated by Harmony LS Limited.
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 | Leeds (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Newton Lane, Ledston, Castleford, WF10 2AW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 22 May 2026 (permit 24/05828/FU, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Leeds) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 8 Oct 2024 (reference 24/05828/FU, planning authority Leeds) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Aug 2025 (refused, reference 24/05828/FU, planning authority Leeds) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 May 2026 (appeal granted, reference 24/05828/FU, planning authority Leeds) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 May 2026 (granted, reference 24/05828/FU, planning authority Leeds) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Harmony LS Limited | 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 (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7485, -1.3515 | 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 (appeal granted, planning authority Leeds, reference 24/05828/FU)
- Permit granted (planning authority Leeds, reference 24/05828/FU)
- Permit refused (planning authority Leeds, reference 24/05828/FU)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Leeds, reference 24/05828/FU)
How it compares
Newton Lane, Ledston - Battery Storage Facility is the 1,108th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,741st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25 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 | 1,108th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,741st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,376th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 424 grid connections (216 operating, 2,335 MW), 377 substations, 11 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 49.9 MW grid connection at Ledston BESS | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Ledston | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Solar 40 MW grid connection at Barnsdale PV | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 0.9 km |
| Smith Street | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Waste 9.69 MW grid connection at Wheldale Generation | Grid connection | 9.69 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Wellington Street | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 6.3 km |
| GridJet | Data center | — | — | 15 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.
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- 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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