Power plant · Halton, England, United Kingdom
St Michaels Road, Ditton Road - Battery Storage
St Michaels Road, Ditton Road - Battery Storage is a permitted battery storage plant in Halton, England, United Kingdom, with 14 MW of capacity, operated by Shell Green Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Halton (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West Of St Michaels Road Ditton Road, WA8 0TH | 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 | 27 Oct 2023 (permit 22/00623/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Halton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 28 Nov 2022 (reference 22/00623/FUL, planning authority Halton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Oct 2023 (granted, reference 22/00623/FUL, planning authority Halton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Shell Green Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 14 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 | 53.3595, -2.7593 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Halton, reference 22/00623/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Halton, reference 22/00623/FUL)
How it compares
St Michaels Road, Ditton Road - Battery Storage is the 1,111th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,792nd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 14 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 | 1,111th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,792nd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,249th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 290 substations, 290 grid connections (162 operating, 1,451 MW), 17 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 9.5 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 13 km |
| Newton Le Willows | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Lymes Wood Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 1.17 MW | Operating | 14 km |
| Lymes Wood Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 1.03 MW | Operating | 14 km |
| Haydock | Substation | — | — | 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.