Grassing Rome Street (15.5 MW battery storage)
Grassing Rome Street is a 15.5 MW battery storage project in Cumberland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 7 March 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 8 April 2024.
15.5 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
8 April 2024record last updated
Cumberlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 June 2022 | Application submitted |
| 7 March 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 7 March 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 15.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 8 April 2024
- Operator or applicant
- STOR 141 Limited
- Planning authority
- Cumberland
- Planning application reference
- 22/0513
- Address (REPD)
- Former Railway Line and Bousteads Grassing, Rome Street, Carlisle
- Council area (by location)
- Cumberland
- Time to decision
- 88 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Grassing Rome Street - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 11611
Who decides
| Applications | Cumberland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 91 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 30 (33%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 32 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 25 of 45 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 14 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 22.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 7 / 9 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land between Orton Park Farm | solar farm | 6.4 | operational | 3.7 |
| Newlands Farm Wind | wind farm | 6.9 | refused on appeal | 4.6 |
| Cargo Road, Cargo | battery storage | 200 | abandoned | 5.0 |
| Kingmoor Park | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.5 |
| Harker Moss | battery storage | 360 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Harker Grid Sub Station | battery storage | 49.9 | permission expired | 6.5 |
| Low Harker Farm, Low Harker | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
| Blackdyke Farm Battery Storage Project | battery storage | 49.9 | abandoned | 6.9 |
| Heathlands | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 7.1 |
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 (54.8863, -2.9332).