Power plant · West Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Pikelaw Place
Pikelaw Place is a cancelled power plant in West Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, with 10 MW of capacity, operated by Green Hedge Energy UK.
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 | West Lancashire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land at Pikelaw Place, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 9PP | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 25 Jul 2017 (permit 2017/0563/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Lancashire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 May 2017 (reference 2017/0563/FUL, planning authority West Lancashire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Jul 2017 (granted, reference 2017/0563/FUL, planning authority West Lancashire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Hedge Energy UK | 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 | 53.5349, -2.7650 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Pikelaw Place is the 1,102nd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,838th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 1,102nd of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,838th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 7,057th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 363 grid connections (202 operating, 1,792 MW), 17 data centers, 4 gas storage facilities, 2 transmission lines and 1 substation, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennine Place grid connection | Grid connection | 2.3 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Yew Tree Dairy grid connection | Grid connection | 2.48 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Paddock Road grid connection | Grid connection | 6.3 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 32 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 38 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 40 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.