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Ditchers Farm

RevisedChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 23 October 2018

Technology
Battery storage (Stand-alone Storage)
Status
Revised
Operator or applicant
Asta Ventures
Location
Land At Ditchers Farm, Slack Lane, Westhoughton, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester, BL5 3, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Bolton
Planning application
01119/17
Appeal reference
APP/N4205/W/17/3186248

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  • 8 June 2017 Planning application submitted
  • 5 October 2017 Planning permission refused
  • 30 October 2017 Appeal lodged
  • 9 January 2018 Appeal refused

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The register holds 14 incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom, 9 of them fires, and 177 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

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