Dragons Lane (12 MW battery storage)
Dragons Lane is a 12 MW battery storage project in Cheshire East, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 1 December 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 20 July 2022. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 1 December 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 1 December 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 July 2022 | Application submitted |
| 1 December 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 December 2025 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 12 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 20 July 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Hydrock
- Planning authority
- Cheshire East
- Planning application reference
- 22/2219C
- Address (REPD)
- N/O Dragon's Lane, Sandbach, Moston
- Council area (by location)
- Cheshire East
- Time to decision
- 19 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Dragons Lane - Battery Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 11701
Who decides
| Applications | Cheshire East | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (10%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 36 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Former EON Power Station, Booth Lane | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 0.5 |
| Land south of Wood Lane (Safeguard Bradwell) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.0 |
| Drury Lane | solar farm | 17 | approved, not built | 4.0 |
| Land at Moss Farm (North) | solar farm | 6 | permission expired | 4.5 |
| Land at Moss Farm (South) | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 4.7 |
| Middlewich Road Solar Photovoltaics & Battery Storage | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 5.6 |
| Leighton Hall Farm | battery storage | 20 | permission expired | 7.3 |
| Bentley Motors Ltd 1 | rooftop solar | 5.1 | operational | 7.5 |
| Woodford Lane West Solar Farm (Hebden Green) | solar farm | 19 | approved, not built | 9.7 |
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 (53.1622, -2.4118).