Planning application · Battery storage · Bradford
Duncombe Road - Battery Storage
Application WithdrawnApplication 25/02812/FULSubmitted 10 September 2025Withdrawn 2 February 2026
The application
- Application number
- 25/02812/FUL
- Planning authority
- Bradford
- County or area
- West Yorkshire
- Nation
- England
- Technology
- Battery storage (Stand-alone Storage)
- Status
- Application Withdrawn (Planning Application Withdrawn)
- Operator or applicant
- Region Enterprise Limited
- Location
- The N/O Duncombe Road, Bradford, BD8 9SY
Timeline
- 10 September 2025 Planning application submitted
- 2 February 2026 Application withdrawn
Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site
The pack for this site lists 5 comparable battery incidents in the United Kingdom, grid-scale only, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-0638, Explosion and prolonged fire at Orsted battery storage site in Liverpool, 87 km from this site.
| Reference | Year | Incident | From the site | Severity |
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| EIR-0638 | 2020 | Explosion and prolonged fire at Orsted battery storage site in Liverpool | 87 km | Major |
| EIR-0584 | 2026 | Fire in a battery container at Rufford Colliery BESS, Rainworth, caused by a short circuit in NMC cells | 87 km | Significant |
| EIR-0058 | 2025 | Fire in two battery containers at Cirencester Hybrid Solar Farm, Gloucestershire | 232 km | Significant |
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In the full packWhat the planning evidence pack adds for this application
The pack is made for Duncombe Road - Battery Storage from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.
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