Armshead Farm, Armshead Road (50 MW battery storage)
Armshead Farm, Armshead Road is a 50 MW battery storage project in Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 23 September 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 1 October 2024.
50 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
1 October 2024record last updated
Staffordshire Moorlandscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 21 November 2022 | Application submitted |
| 26 June 2023 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 21 December 2023 | Appeal lodged |
| 23 September 2024 | Appeal allowed |
| 23 September 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 1 October 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Conrad Energy (Developments) Limited
- Planning authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Planning application reference
- SMD/2022/0574
- Address (REPD)
- Adj Armshead Farm, Armshead Road, Werrington, Stoke on Trent
- Council area (by location)
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Time to decision
- 31 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Armshead Farm, Armshead Road - Battery Energy Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 12804
Who decides
| Applications | Staffordshire Moorlands | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 25 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (32%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 15 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 5 of 10 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 28.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adj New House Farm, Luzlow Lane | battery storage | 99 | refused | 0.9 |
| Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 1.2 |
| Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road Battery Energy Facility | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 1.8 |
| Newfields Farm, Rownall Road | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Leek Road, Werrington | battery storage | 300 | application submitted | 2.2 |
| Land at Heywood Grange | solar farm | 8.4 | operational | 4.6 |
| Brown Edge | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
| The Fields Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 8.2 |
| Draycott Cross Road | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 8.3 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (53.0324, -2.0967).