Power plant · Rossendale, England, United Kingdom
Park Road Battery Storage
Park Road Battery Storage is a cancelled battery storage plant in Rossendale, England, United Kingdom, with 10 MW of capacity, operated by Arlington Energy Limited Avery Energy.
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 | Rossendale (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Park Road, Bacup, OL13 0BW | 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 | 19 Nov 2021 (permit 2021/0456, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Rossendale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 29 Jul 2021 (reference 2021/0456, planning authority Rossendale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Nov 2021 (granted, reference 2021/0456, planning authority Rossendale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Arlington Energy Limited Avery Energy (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10 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 | 53.6963, -2.2002 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority Rossendale, reference 2021/0456)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Rossendale, reference 2021/0456)
How it compares
Park Road Battery Storage is the 1,468th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 2,324th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 1,468th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,324th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 10,475th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 515 substations, 455 grid connections (258 operating, 2,181 MW), 18 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Park Road BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 8 MW | Operating | 0.0 km |
| Wesley Place Bacup | Substation | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Whitworth grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Reaps Moss Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 10.7 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Whitworth | Substation | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Hareholme | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Lloyds Banking Group Copley | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 403124345) | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 22 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. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
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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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