Power plant · St. Helens, England, United Kingdom
Sankey Valley Industrial Estate
Sankey Valley Industrial Estate is a cancelled power plant in St. Helens, England, United Kingdom, with 4.8 MW of capacity, operated by BEL.
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 | St. Helens (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Adj Unit 1, Sankey Valley Industrial Estate, Anglezarke Road, Newton Le Willows, Merseyside, WA12 8DJ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 Sept 2013 (reference P/2013/0738, planning authority St. Helens) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Dec 2013 (refused, reference P/2013/0738, planning authority St. Helens) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | BEL (BEL (NI)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.8 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass (dedicated) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4489, -2.6372 | 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 refused (planning authority St. Helens, reference P/2013/0738)
- Permit applied for (planning authority St. Helens, reference P/2013/0738)
How it compares
Sankey Valley Industrial Estate is the 2,217th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 3,306th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.8 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 2,217th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,306th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 8,988th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 352 grid connections (195 operating, 1,696 MW), 339 substations, 17 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Newton Le Willows | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Lymes Wood Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 1.03 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Lymes Wood Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 4.05 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Haydock | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 3.9 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.
- 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.
- © 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.