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Battery storage planning in Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands has decided 7 battery storage schemes and approved 86% of them, taking a median of 7.3 months to decide. Consented capacity: 269 MW. 8 applications still awaiting a decision.
⚠️ Small caseload (7 decided). Percentages here move a lot with one more decision — read them as indicative, not as a reliable rate.
How Staffordshire Moorlands compares
Against the 137 UK authorities with 5+ battery storage decisions, Staffordshire Moorlands sits in the 23rd percentile for approval rate (6 points below the England average) and the 30th percentile for speed.
Decisions by year
Battery storage decisions by the year the decision was issued (Renewable Energy Planning Database). Withdrawn and still-undecided applications are excluded, so a short bar can mean a quiet year rather than a strict council.
Every recorded scheme (15)
| Scheme | MW | Status | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
Adj New House Farm, Luzlow Lane - Battery Energy Storage YLEM (BESS) South Limited · SMD/2024/0568 · 9.8 mo to decide | 99 | Application Refused | 2025-12-12 |
Newfields Farm, Rownall Road - Battery Energy Storage REPD Limited · SMD/2024/0556 · 5.4 mo to decide | 99.9 | Awaiting Construction | 2025-07-10 |
Tean Leys Farm, Tean Leys - Battery Storage Tean Leys Energy Storage Limited · SMD/2025/0247 | 70 | Application Submitted | 2025-05-22 |
Brown Edge - Battery Storage Anesco · SMD/2022/0076 · 38.1 mo to decide | 49.53 | Awaiting Construction | 2025-05-07 |
Greenfields Farm, Thorney Edge Road - Battery Energy Storage Enso Energy · SMD/2024/0423 | — | Application Submitted | 2024-10-01 |
Newfields Farm, Rownall Road - Battery Energy Storage Newfields Bess Limited · SMD/2024/0019 · 8.2 mo to decide | 99.9 | Revised | 2024-09-27 |
Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road - Battery Storage Facility S & C Energy Limited · SMD/2024/0055 | 400 | Application Submitted | 2024-02-13 |
Draycott Cross Road - Battery Storage System Balance Power Projects Limited · SMD/2023/0263 · 6.5 mo to decide | 40 | Awaiting Construction | 2024-01-05 |
Armshead Farm, Armshead Road - Battery Energy Storage Facility Conrad Energy (Developments) Limited · SMD/2022/0574 · 7.1 mo to decide | 50 | Awaiting Construction | 2023-06-26 |
Upper Newton Farm (Blythe House) - Solar Farm & Battery Storage Innova Renewables · SMD/2022/0160 · 10.3 mo to decide | 30 | Awaiting Construction | 2023-02-01 |
Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road - Battery Energy Facility C&S Energy Limited · SMD/2022/0444 · 4 mo to decide | — | Awaiting Construction | 2022-12-22 |
Newfields Farm - Battery Energy Storage REPD Limited · SMD/2022/0180 | 99.9 | Revised | 2022-12-06 |
Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road - Battery Storage Sirius Renewable Energy Limited · SMD/2022/0548 | 2.6 | Application Submitted | 2022-10-12 |
Rownall Road, Wetley Rocks - Battery Storage Sirius Renewable Energy Limited · SMD/2022/0047 · 4.9 mo to decide | 2.6 | Revised | 2022-07-01 |
Cellarhead - Battery Site C&S Energy Limited · SMD/2021/0695 · 7.6 mo to decide | 349 | Revised | 2022-06-21 |
Does Staffordshire Moorlands approve battery storage schemes?
Yes — of the 7 battery storage schemes Staffordshire Moorlands has decided, 86% were approved (6 granted, 1 refused). The UK-wide rate for battery storage is 92%. Note this is a small caseload, so treat the percentage as indicative rather than statistically robust.
How long does a battery storage scheme application take in Staffordshire Moorlands?
The median time from application to decision is 7.3 months, against a UK median of 6 months for battery storage. That is measured between the submission and decision dates recorded in REPD, so it reflects the whole determination period including any extensions.
How much battery storage capacity has Staffordshire Moorlands consented?
269 MW has been consented across 6 approved schemes, with 99 MW refused. A further 8 applications awaits a decision.
Other technologies in Staffordshire Moorlands
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0 — 2026 Q1 extract. Approval rate is over decided applications only (approved ÷ approved+refused); withdrawn and undecided schemes are excluded. A permission later expired still counts as approved because consent was granted. REPD covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above, is published quarterly, and does not record refusal reasons — so nothing here explains why a scheme was refused. Screening context for site selection, not planning advice.
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