Power plant · Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
North Side Bay Gateway, Heysham - Battery Energy Storage
North Side Bay Gateway, Heysham - Battery Energy Storage is a permitted power plant in Lancaster, England, United Kingdom, with 90 MW of capacity, operated by Cragside Energy 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 | Lancaster (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North Side Bay Gateway, Heysham, Morecambe, LA4 YHY | 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 | 24 Jul 2025 (permit 24/01303/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Feb 2025 (reference 24/01303/FUL, planning authority Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Jul 2025 (granted, reference 24/01303/FUL, planning authority Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Cragside Energy Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 90 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 | 54.0733, -2.8602 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Lancaster, reference 24/01303/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Lancaster, reference 24/01303/FUL)
How it compares
North Side Bay Gateway, Heysham - Battery Energy Storage is the 337th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 555th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 90 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 | 337th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 555th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,475th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 191 grid connections (107 operating, 1,263 MW), 139 substations, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodhill Lane | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Schola Green SPS grid connection | Grid connection | 2.8 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Broadway | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Westgate | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Salt Ayre Landfill 3 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.15 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Salt Ayre Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 1.15 MW | Operating | 2.9 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 20 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 23 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 36 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.
- 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.