Heanor Road (40 MW battery storage)
Heanor Road is a 40 MW battery storage project in Amber Valley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 14 February 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 17 March 2025.
40 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
17 March 2025record last updated
Amber Valleycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 28 February 2024 | Application submitted |
| 14 February 2025 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 17 March 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Downing Energy Development Company Limited
- Planning authority
- Amber Valley
- Planning application reference
- AVA/2024/0059
- Address (REPD)
- Ne/O Heanor Road,Heanor
- Council area (by location)
- Amber Valley
- Time to decision
- 50 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Heanor Road - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 13472
Who decides
| Applications | Amber Valley | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 20 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (30%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 6 of 18 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 12.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derby Road | solar farm | 38 | application submitted | 5.5 |
| Iron Works Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 5.9 |
| Knob Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 6.5 |
| Ladywood Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 6.9 |
| Long Lane Solar Farm / Nottingham Brick Works | solar farm | 17 | under construction | 8.0 |
| Moto Hospitality, Trowell Services Area North Solar Farm & Battery | solar farm | 16.1 | application submitted | 8.1 |
| Solar Farm at Boyah Grange Farm Potato Pit Lane Dale Abbey | solar farm | 35.2 | application submitted | 8.6 |
| Former Langton Colliery Site | solar farm | 5.7 | permission expired | 9.3 |
| Hall Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | refused | 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 (53.0138, -1.3531).