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Solar, wind and battery projects near Leek (ST13)

11 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of ST13 (Staffordshire Moorlands): 4 are waiting for a planning decision, 6 approved but not yet running. The largest live scheme is Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road Battery Energy Facility (400 MW battery storage, approved on 22 December 2022, not yet built; REPD status may be out of date), 7.5 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.

Data: REPD July 2026 extract · calculated 7 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

11projects within 10 km
4awaiting a decision
6approved, not running
0operational

Projects within 10 km of ST13

Projects of 1 MW and more (8)

ProjectTypeMWStatus (REPD)SubmittedDecisionRecord updatedCouncilkm
Newfields Farm, Rownall Roadbattery storagebattery storage99.9approved, not builtupdated Jul 2025Jan 2025granted Jul 2025Jul 2025Staffordshire Moorlands7.0
Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road Battery Energy Facilitybattery storagebattery storage400approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Jan 2023Aug 2022granted Dec 2022Jan 2023Staffordshire Moorlands7.5
Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Roadbattery storagebattery storage2.6application submitted may be out of dateupdated Oct 2022Oct 2022—Oct 2022Staffordshire Moorlands7.8
Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Roadbattery storagebattery storage400application submitted may be out of dateupdated Apr 2024Feb 2024—Apr 2024Staffordshire Moorlands8.2
Adj New House Farm, Luzlow Lanebattery storagebattery storage99refusedupdated Jan 2026Feb 2025refused Dec 2025Jan 2026Staffordshire Moorlands8.5
Armshead Farm, Armshead Roadbattery storagebattery storage50approved, not builtupdated Oct 2024Nov 2022refused Jun 2023Oct 2024Staffordshire Moorlands9.2
Leek Road, Werringtonbattery storagebattery storage300application submittedupdated Sep 2025Aug 2025—Sep 2025Staffordshire Moorlands9.2
Brown Edgebattery storagebattery storage49.5approved, not builtupdated May 2025Mar 2022granted May 2025May 2025Stoke-on-Trent9.8
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (3)
ProjectTypeMWStatus (REPD)SubmittedDecisionRecord updatedCouncilkm
F Ball & Company Limited, Station Roadrooftop solarrooftop solar0.4approved, not builtupdated Jan 2024Oct 2023granted Dec 2023Jan 2024Staffordshire Moorlands3.6
Consall Hall Gardenssolar farmsolar farm0.3approved, not builtupdated Nov 2025Feb 2024granted Apr 2025Nov 2025Staffordshire Moorlands7.2
Greenfields Farm, Thorney Edge Roadbattery storagebattery storage—application submittedupdated Oct 2024Oct 2024—Oct 2024Staffordshire Moorlands8.1

Distance from the average position of the ST13 postcodes, not from your home. Projects of 5 MW and more have their own page with dates and planning history.

By type

TypeAllPendingApprovedOperationalRefusedMW in pipeline
Solar farm101000.3
Rooftop solar101000.4
Battery storage944011,302

MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.

How Staffordshire Moorlands decides solar, wind and battery applications

ApplicationsStaffordshire MoorlandsUK
Decided applications (solar, wind, battery)2510,236
Refused8 (32%)19%
Solar refused3 of 1512%
Battery storage refused5 of 1016%
Median time from submission to decision28.4 weeks17.0 weeks
Appeals lodged / allowed1 / 1—

All projects in Staffordshire Moorlands

Is the status up to date?

32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided. Near ST13, 3 projects have a status that may be out of date (pending for over two years, or approved with a permission expiry date already passed). Check the council's planning register for the latest decision.

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