Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road (400 MW battery storage)
Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road is a 400 MW battery storage project in Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 13 February 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 2 April 2024. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 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.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 13 February 2024 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 400 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 2 April 2024
- Operator or applicant
- S & C Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Planning application reference
- SMD/2024/0055
- Address (REPD)
- SOUTH OF CELLARHEAD SUBSTATION AND WEST OF, Rownall Road, Wetley Rocks, Staffordshir
- Council area (by location)
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Name in REPD
- Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road - Battery Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 16111
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road Battery Energy Facility | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 0.7 |
| Adj New House Farm, Luzlow Lane | battery storage | 99 | refused | 1.2 |
| Armshead Farm, Armshead Road | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 1.2 |
| Newfields Farm, Rownall Road | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 1.2 |
| Leek Road, Werrington | battery storage | 300 | application submitted | 1.8 |
| Land at Heywood Grange | solar farm | 8.4 | operational | 4.7 |
| Brown Edge | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
| Draycott Cross Road | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 8.0 |
| The Fields Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 8.1 |
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 (53.0372, -2.0806).