Church Bank (100 MW battery storage)
Church Bank is a 100 MW battery storage project in South Tyneside, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 5 September 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 3 October 2025.
100 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
3 October 2025record last updated
South Tynesidecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 September 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 3 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- AMG Energy
- Planning authority
- South Tyneside
- Planning application reference
- 250408
- Address (REPD)
- Formerly M H Southern, Church Bank, Jarrow
- Council area (by location)
- South Tyneside
- Name in REPD
- Church Bank - Battery Storage System
- REPD reference
- 18066
Who decides
| Applications | South Tyneside | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 12 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (8%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 9 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 6.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port of Tyne | battery storage | 35 | operational | 1.0 |
| Standby Embedded Stor Power Plant | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 2.8 |
| West Boldon Substation | battery storage | 60 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| Tynemouth Energy Storage System (TESS) | battery storage | 25 | operational | 5.6 |
| E/o the Academy Of Light, Sunderland Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 6.4 |
| Washington Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Usworth House Farm, Peareth Hall Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 27.3 | refused | 7.9 |
| Woodhouse Farm | solar farm | 11 | refused | 8.2 |
| Benton Lane, Quorum Business Park | solar farm | 8 | application submitted | 8.6 |
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 (54.9789, -1.4715).