Electricity Substation, Bellevue Lane (40 MW battery storage)
Electricity Substation, Bellevue Lane is a 40 MW battery storage project in Cheshire West and Chester, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 7 May 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 20 May 2025.
40 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
20 May 2025record last updated
Cheshire West and Chestercouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 23 April 2024 | Application submitted |
| 7 May 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 7 May 2028 | 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
- 20 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Coriolis Energy
- Planning authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Planning application reference
- 24/00935/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Adj To Electricity Substation, The A55 At Bellevue Lane, Guilden Sutton, Chester
- Council area (by location)
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Time to decision
- 54 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Electricity Substation, Bellevue Lane - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 16357
Who decides
| Applications | Cheshire West and Chester | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 54 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (11%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 40 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 12 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portmanmoor Road Industrial Estate, Splott Battery Storage Units | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Huntington Water Treatment Works | solar farm | 7.2 | operational | 4.1 |
| Hob Lane, Dunham On The Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 7.1 |
| Land off, Common Lane | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 7.1 |
| Wood Farm Solar Park (linked site) | solar farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 7.8 |
| Bretton Hall Solar Farm (England) | solar farm | 14 | approved, not built | 8.1 |
| Bretton Hall Solar Farm (Wales) | solar farm | 16 | approved, not built | 8.2 |
| Capenhurst Lane, Capenhurst | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 8.6 |
| Oil Sites Road | battery storage | 9.6 | approved, not built | 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 (53.2039, -2.8446).