Power plant · Fylde, England, United Kingdom
West Moss Lane, Higher Ballam - Battery Energy Storage System
West Moss Lane, Higher Ballam - Battery Energy Storage System is a permitted power plant in Fylde, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Lower 48 Energy BESS Limited.
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 | Fylde (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | West Moss Lane, Higher Ballam, Lytham St Annes, FY8 4NH | 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 | 30 Apr 2025 (permit 24/0295, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Fylde) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Jul 2024 (reference 24/0295, planning authority Fylde) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 Apr 2025 (granted, reference 24/0295, planning authority Fylde) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lower 48 Energy BESS Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 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 | 53.7661, -2.9723 | 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 Fylde, reference 24/0295)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Fylde, reference 24/0295)
How it compares
West Moss Lane, Higher Ballam - Battery Energy Storage System is the 991st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,569th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 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 | 991st of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,569th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,981st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 269 grid connections (148 operating, 1,672 MW), 192 substations, 4 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOWER 48 grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Lowlands Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Lytham BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Lawns Farm, Ballam Road, Peel grid connection | Grid connection | 21.1 MW | Planned | 1.1 km |
| Peel BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Ansdell | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 5.4 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 16 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 20 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. 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.