Hawthorn Pit Green Energy Park (1,000 MW)
Hawthorn Pit Green Energy Park is a 1,000 MW battery storage project in County Durham, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 27 August 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 28 October 2025.
1,000 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
28 October 2025record last updated
County Durhamcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 August 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 1,000 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 28 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- NatPower UK
- Planning authority
- County Durham
- Planning application reference
- DM/25/02255/FPA
- Address (REPD)
- The North West Of High Crows House Wheatley Hill
- Council area (by location)
- County Durham
- Name in REPD
- Hawthorn Pit Green Energy Park - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 19676
Who decides
| Applications | County Durham | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 89 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 22 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 7 of 51 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 13 of 30 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 5 | — |
UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: County Durham, Durham.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edder Acres Farm | wind farm | 5 | refused on appeal | 1.1 |
| Haswell Moor | wind farm | 10 | operational | 1.4 |
| Harehill Farm, Haswell Plough Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 31.5 | refused | 1.6 |
| Hackworth Road, North West Industrial Estate | solar farm | 15.4 | application submitted | 3.2 |
| Peterlee Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.5 |
| Southern Law | wind farm | 5.2 | operational | 4.0 |
| Trimdon Grange | wind farm | 5.2 | operational | 4.4 |
| Carrs Farm, South Hetton | battery storage | 200 | application submitted | 4.8 |
| Hallfield Farm, Easington | battery storage | 57 | application submitted | 4.9 |
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 (54.7538, -1.4052).