Brown Edge (49.5 MW battery storage)
Brown Edge is a 49.5 MW battery storage project in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 7 May 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 20 May 2025.
49.5 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
20 May 2025record last updated
Stoke-on-Trentcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 4 March 2022 | Application submitted |
| 7 May 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 7 May 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 20 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Anesco
- Planning authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Planning application reference
- SMD/2022/0076
- Address (REPD)
- Bemersley Road, Brown Edge,
- Council area (by location)
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Time to decision
- 166 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Brown Edge - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 11418
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 | 5.7 |
| Armshead Farm, Armshead Road | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
| Newfields Farm, Rownall Road | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
| Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road Battery Energy Facility | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 6.8 |
| Noriker Power Staunch | battery storage | 20 | operational | 7.3 |
| Rubber and Allied Products | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 7.6 |
| Leek Road, Werrington | battery storage | 300 | application submitted | 8.5 |
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 (53.0757, -2.1598).