Grendon Storage (49.9 MW)
Grendon Storage is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in North Northamptonshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 1 May 2021; the record was last updated on 21 August 2020.
49.9 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
21 August 2020record last updated
North Northamptonshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 September 2017 | Application submitted |
| 20 November 2017 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 May 2021 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 21 August 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Statera Energy / Grendon Storage
- Planning authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Planning application reference
- WP/17/00602/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Field South East Of Sub Statio, Station Road, Grendon, Wellingborough, Northampton, Northamptonshire
- Council area (by location)
- North Northamptonshire
- Time to decision
- 8 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7089
Who decides
| Applications | North Northamptonshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 68 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 11 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 44 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 5 of 11 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 13 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grendon Lakes, Grendon | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 0.8 |
| Grendon Road, Earls Barton | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 2.7 |
| Nun Wood (Wellingborough) | wind farm | 9 | refused on appeal | 4.1 |
| Vicarage Farm | battery storage | 50 | refused | 4.3 |
| Wellingborough Solar Farm | solar farm | 8.5 | operational | 4.9 |
| Nun Wood (Milton Keynes) | wind farm | 9 | refused on appeal | 4.9 |
| London Road, Irchester Solar Farm | solar farm | 26 | operational | 5.3 |
| Nunn Wood | wind farm | 24 | application withdrawn | 6.0 |
| Green Hill Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 600 | application submitted | 6.8 |
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 (52.2392, -0.7137).