Power plant · Redcar and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom
Old Hall Farm, Lackenby - BESS
Old Hall Farm, Lackenby - BESS is a planned battery storage plant in Redcar and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom, with 244 MW of capacity, operated by Lackenby Energy Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Redcar and Cleveland (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O B1380 (Parcel A) & S/O A174 (Parcel B), Lackenby, Middlesbrough, TS6 8DL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 13 Aug 2025 (reference R/2025/0500/FFM, planning authority Redcar and Cleveland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lackenby Energy Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 244 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 | 54.5656, -1.1241 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Redcar and Cleveland, reference R/2025/0500/FFM)
How it compares
Old Hall Farm, Lackenby - BESS is the 161st-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 247th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 244 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 161st of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | 0.14% |
| United Kingdom | 247th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 646th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 225 grid connections (113 operating, 1,177 MW), 108 substations and 4 data centers, 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 250 MW grid connection at Old Hill Farm Direct | Grid connection | 250 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Lackenby | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Gas 12 MW grid connection at Grangetown | Grid connection | 12 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Landfill gas 2.027 MW grid connection at Grangetown | Grid connection | 2.03 MW | Operating | 2.4 km |
| Grangetown | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Spencerbeck | Substation | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Data center, Redcar (OSM way 1055031579) | Data center | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 7.3 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
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- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- 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.
- © 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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
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