Perserverance Road (20 MW battery storage)

Perserverance Road is a 20 MW battery storage project in Herefordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 13 November 2020, not yet built; the record was last updated on 22 March 2023. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 13 November 2023, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.

Data: REPD July 2026 extract · calculated 7 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

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approved, not builtmay be out of datestatus in REPD

22 March 2023record last updated

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REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 13 November 2023, so the project may not go ahead in this form.

Planning timeline

Date	Stage
23 March 2020	Application submitted
13 November 2020	Planning permission granted
13 November 2023	Permission expired

Project details

Technology: battery storage (stand-alone storage)
Capacity: 20 MW
Status (REPD): approved, not built
Record last updated: 22 March 2023
Operator or applicant: Noriker Power
Planning authority: Herefordshire, County of
Planning application reference: P200967/F
Address (REPD): Old School Lane, Hereford,
Council area (by location): Herefordshire
Time to decision: 34 weeks
REPD reference: 7966

Earlier applications for this site

Application	MW	Submitted	Outcome
Perseverance Road P181659/F	20	4 May 2018	replaced by a revised application
Perserverance Road P200967/F	20	23 March 2020	approved on 13 November 2020, not yet built

Who decides

Applications	Herefordshire	UK
Decided applications (solar, wind, battery)	35	10,236
Refused	6 (17%)	19%
Solar refused	6 of 27	12%
Onshore wind refused	0 of 1	45%
Battery storage refused	0 of 7	16%
Median time from submission to decision	13.0 weeks	17.0 weeks
Appeals lodged / allowed	4 / 1	—

Other large projects within 10 km

Project	Type	MW	Status	km
Larport, Clay Hill Pit Solar Photovoltaics & Battery storage	solar farm	45	operational	5.9
Westhide Solar Farm	solar farm	34.6	abandoned	5.9
Land to the west of Clay Hill Pit / Larport Farm	battery storage	20	operational	6.6
Brookhouse Farm	solar farm	5	refused on appeal	6.8
Lower Venn Farm	solar farm	5	operational	8.1
Frome Valley Solar Farm	solar farm	20.6	approved, not built	9.7

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 (52.0708, -2.7145).