Europa Way (80 MW battery storage)
Europa Way is an 80 MW battery storage project in North East Lincolnshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 20 May 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 10 June 2025.
80 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
10 June 2025record last updated
North East Lincolnshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 29 November 2024 | Application submitted |
| 20 May 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 20 May 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 80 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 10 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Newton Energi Limited
- Planning authority
- North East Lincolnshire
- Planning application reference
- DM/0484/24/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- 1 Adj Europa Way, Grimsby
- Council area (by location)
- North East Lincolnshire
- Time to decision
- 25 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Europa Way - Battery Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 17763
Who decides
| Applications | North East Lincolnshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 41 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (5%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 30 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 17.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands Way Battery Energy Facility | battery storage | 80 | approved, not built | 0.4 |
| Trondheim Way | battery storage | 5 | approved, not built | 0.7 |
| Trondheim Way Battery energy storage | battery storage | 80 | under construction | 0.7 |
| Stallingborough Wind farm | wind farm | 6 | application withdrawn | 0.9 |
| Mauxhall Farm | solar farm | 18 | permission expired | 2.1 |
| Mauxhall Farm | battery storage | 24 | permission expired | 2.1 |
| Immingham Solar Farm | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Solar Farm at Adj To A180 | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Stallingboroughe, Stallingborough Road | battery storage | 375 | approved, not built | 3.3 |
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 (53.6106, -0.1722).