Draycott Cross Road (40 MW battery storage)
Draycott Cross Road is a 40 MW battery storage project in Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 5 January 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 12 January 2024.
40 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
12 January 2024record last updated
Staffordshire Moorlandscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 June 2023 | Application submitted |
| 5 January 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 5 January 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 12 January 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Balance Power Projects Limited
- Planning authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Planning application reference
- SMD/2023/0263
- Address (REPD)
- Draycott Cross Road, Stoke on Trent
- Council area (by location)
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Time to decision
- 28 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Draycott Cross Road - Battery Storage System
- REPD reference
- 14284
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Fields Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 0.9 |
| Totmonslow Farm, Upper Tean Solar Farm | solar farm | 19.8 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Blythe House Farm Extension | solar farm | 16.6 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
| Upper Newton Farm (Blythe House) Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 27.7 | approved, not built | 3.5 |
| Upper Newton Farm (Blythe House) Solar Farm & Battery Storage | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 3.5 |
| Lower Newton Farm | solar farm | 11.5 | operational | 3.5 |
| Land at Heywood Grange | solar farm | 8.4 | operational | 3.9 |
| Tean Leys Farm, Tean Leys | battery storage | 70 | application submitted | 4.5 |
| Upper Leigh Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
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 (52.9785, -2.011).