Newfields Farm, Rownall Road (99.9 MW battery storage)
Newfields Farm, Rownall Road is a 99.9 MW battery storage project in Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 10 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 28 July 2025.
99.9 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
28 July 2025record last updated
Staffordshire Moorlandscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 27 January 2025 | Application submitted |
| 10 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 10 July 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 99.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 28 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- REPD Limited
- Planning authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Planning application reference
- SMD/2024/0556
- Address (REPD)
- Newfields Farm, Rownall Road, Wetley Rocks, Stoke on Trent
- Council area (by location)
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Time to decision
- 23 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Newfields Farm, Rownall Road - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 18095
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfields Farm SMD/2022/0180 | 99.9 | 21 April 2022 | withdrawn 6 December 2022 |
| Newfields Farm, Rownall Road SMD/2024/0019 | 99.9 | 22 January 2024 | refused 27 September 2024 |
Who decides
| Applications | Staffordshire Moorlands | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 25 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (32%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 15 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 5 of 10 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 28.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road Battery Energy Facility | battery storage | 400 | approved, not built | 0.5 |
| Cellarhead Substation, Rownall Road | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 1.2 |
| Adj New House Farm, Luzlow Lane | battery storage | 99 | refused | 1.6 |
| Armshead Farm, Armshead Road | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Leek Road, Werrington | battery storage | 300 | application submitted | 2.8 |
| Land at Heywood Grange | solar farm | 8.4 | operational | 5.7 |
| Brown Edge | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 6.4 |
| Draycott Cross Road | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 8.8 |
| The Fields Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 9.0 |
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 (53.0476, -2.0759).