Carrs Farm, South Hetton (200 MW battery storage)
Carrs Farm, South Hetton is a 200 MW battery storage project in County Durham, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 21 May 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 27 June 2025.
200 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
27 June 2025record last updated
County Durhamcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 21 May 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 27 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Stephenson Halliday
- Planning authority
- County Durham
- Planning application reference
- DM/25/01345/FPA
- Address (REPD)
- E/O Carrs Farm, South Hetton, Durham
- Council area (by location)
- County Durham
- Name in REPD
- Carrs Farm, South Hetton - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 18249
Who decides
| Applications | County Durham | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 89 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 22 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 7 of 51 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 13 of 30 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 5 | — |
UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: County Durham, Durham.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlands, Windermere Road | battery storage | 90 | application submitted | 0.6 |
| Hawthorn Grid Site | battery storage | 49 | operational | 0.6 |
| Hallfield Farm, Easington Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 1.5 |
| Hallfield Farm, Easington | battery storage | 57 | application submitted | 1.5 |
| Hawthorn Pit -Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Hawthorn Wind Farm | wind farm | 7.5 | application withdrawn | 1.9 |
| Peterlee Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.9 |
| Hackworth Road, North West Industrial Estate | solar farm | 15.4 | application submitted | 3.2 |
| Haswell Moor | wind farm | 10 | operational | 3.6 |
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 (54.7965, -1.3921).