Cottom Power Station (50 MW battery storage)
Cottom Power Station is a 50 MW battery storage project in Bassetlaw, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 13 October 2020, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 12 January 2021. 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 October 2020 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 12 January 2021
- Operator or applicant
- EDF Energy Thermal Generation Limited
- Planning authority
- Bassetlaw
- Planning application reference
- 20/01288/CTP
- Address (REPD)
- Cottam Power Station
- Council area (by location)
- Bassetlaw
- REPD reference
- 8278
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottam Power Station | battery storage | 49 | approved, not built | 0.4 |
| Torksey Ferry Road, Rampton | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Cottam wind farm | wind farm | 6.9 | application withdrawn | 2.2 |
| Marton Sewage Works, High Street | battery storage | 10 | application submitted | 3.5 |
| West End Farm - Treswell | solar farm | 16.9 | abandoned | 3.8 |
| Gate Burton Solar & Energy Storage Park | solar farm | 531 | approved, not built | 4.5 |
| Stow Park Farm, Stow Park | solar farm | 35 | application submitted | 4.9 |
| Long Ridding Lane, East Drayton Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 5.3 |
| 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 (53.3034, -0.7815).