Power plant · Bolton, England, United Kingdom
Slack Lane, Westhoughton - Battery Energy Storage System
Slack Lane, Westhoughton - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Bolton, England, United Kingdom, with 45 MW of capacity, operated by Foundation Property & Capital Group.
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 | Bolton (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West of Slack Lane, Westhoughton, BL5 3LJ | 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 Dec 2024 (permit 18884/24, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Bolton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 28 Aug 2024 (reference 18884/24, planning authority Bolton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Dec 2024 (granted, reference 18884/24, planning authority Bolton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Foundation Property & Capital Group | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 45 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 | 53.5591, -2.5164 | 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 Bolton, reference 18884/24)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Bolton, reference 18884/24)
How it compares
Slack Lane, Westhoughton - Battery Energy Storage System is the 811th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,289th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 45 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 | 811th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,289th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,422nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 386 substations, 385 grid connections (212 operating, 1,957 MW), 20 data centers, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slack Lane, Westhoughton grid connection | Grid connection | 15.8 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Westhoughton | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Westhoughton BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Slack Lane BESS 35MW grid connection | Grid connection | 35 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Slack Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Lostock | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042) | Data center | — | — | 15 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.
- © 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.