Former Rugeley Power Station (49.9 MW battery storage)
Former Rugeley Power Station is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Cannock Chase, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: abandoned; the record was last updated on 15 August 2019.
49.9 MWbattery storage
abandonedstatus in REPD
15 August 2019record last updated
Cannock Chasecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 25 May 2017 | Application submitted |
| 31 August 2020 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- abandoned
- Record last updated
- 15 August 2019
- Operator or applicant
- ENGIE Renewables
- Planning authority
- Cannock Chase
- Planning application reference
- CH/17/214
- Address (REPD)
- Land at Rugeley Power Station, Armitage Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire
- Council area (by location)
- Cannock Chase
- REPD reference
- 6981
Who decides
Cannock Chase has 1 decided solar, wind or battery application in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armitage Road, Armitage | battery storage | 200 | refused | 1.0 |
| Colton Mill Farm & Cawarden Springs Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.1 |
| Hawkesyard Estate, Rugeley Road | battery storage | 100 | application submitted | 1.9 |
| Black Flatts Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Bleak House | wind farm | 6.5 | application withdrawn | 7.3 |
| Moreton Brook Farm, Lea Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.7 |
| Lower Farm, Drointon Lane Solar farm & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 9.6 |
| Yew Tree Farm, Drointon Lane | solar farm | 49 | application submitted | 9.8 |
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 (52.7569, -1.9215).