Cottam Power Station (49 MW battery storage)
Cottam Power Station is a 49 MW battery storage project in Bassetlaw, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 16 November 2020, not yet built; the record was last updated on 12 August 2020.
49 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
12 August 2020record last updated
Bassetlawcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 February 2018 | Application submitted |
| 16 November 2020 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with fossil fuel plant)
- Capacity
- 49 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 12 August 2020
- Operator or applicant
- EDF Energy
- Planning authority
- Bassetlaw
- Planning application reference
- 18/00249/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Cottam Power Station, Cottam, Retford, Nottinghamshire
- Council area (by location)
- Bassetlaw
- Time to decision
- 143 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7066
Who decides
| Applications | Bassetlaw | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (12%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 25 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 7 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottom Power Station | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 0.4 |
| Torksey Ferry Road, Rampton | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Cottam wind farm | wind farm | 6.9 | application withdrawn | 2.6 |
| Marton Sewage Works, High Street | battery storage | 10 | application submitted | 3.6 |
| West End Farm - Treswell | solar farm | 16.9 | abandoned | 3.9 |
| Gate Burton Solar & Energy Storage Park | solar farm | 531 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| Stow Park Farm, Stow Park | solar farm | 35 | application submitted | 5.0 |
| Long Ridding Lane, East Drayton Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 5.1 |
| Danes Farm - extension | solar farm | 10.5 | operational | 6.0 |
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 (53.2999, -0.7793).