Noriker Power Staunch (20 MW battery storage)
Noriker Power Staunch is a 20 MW battery storage project in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 15 March 2017; the record was last updated on 9 May 2019.
20 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
9 May 2019record last updated
Newcastle-under-Lymecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 24 March 2016 | Application submitted |
| 19 May 2016 | Planning permission granted |
| 15 December 2016 | Construction started |
| 15 March 2017 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with fossil fuel plant)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 9 May 2019
- Operator or applicant
- Hazel Capital/ Noriker Power
- Planning authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Planning application reference
- 16/00242/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Holditch House, Holditch Road, Chesterton
- Council area (by location)
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Time to decision
- 8 weeks
- REPD reference
- 6918
Who decides
| Applications | Newcastle-under-Lyme | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 17 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 0 (0%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 10 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 8.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubber and Allied Products | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 0.4 |
| Brown Edge | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 7.3 |
| Armshead Farm, Armshead Road | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 9.8 |
| Adj New House Farm, Luzlow Lane | battery storage | 99 | 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 (53.0329, -2.2433).