Leek Road, Werrington (300 MW battery storage)
Leek Road, Werrington is a 300 MW battery storage project in Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 5 August 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 29 September 2025.
300 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
29 September 2025record last updated
Staffordshire Moorlandscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 August 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 300 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 29 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Masdar Arlington Energy
- Planning authority
- Staffordshire
- Planning application reference
- SMD/2025/0354
- Address (REPD)
- Leek Road, Werrington, Stoke on Trent
- Council area (by location)
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Name in REPD
- Leek Road, Werrington - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 19553
Who decides
This application was handled by Staffordshire, not by the local council. Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 1.8 |
| Armshead Farm, Armshead Road | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road Battery Energy Facility | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 2.3 |
| Newfields Farm, Rownall Road | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 2.8 |
| Adj New House Farm, Luzlow Lane | battery storage | 99 | refused | 2.8 |
| Land at Heywood Grange | solar farm | 8.4 | operational | 2.9 |
| Draycott Cross Road | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 6.2 |
| The Fields Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 6.3 |
| Solar Farm at Leaford Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 8.1 |
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 (53.023, -2.0674).