Petre Street (20 MW battery storage)
Petre Street is a 20 MW battery storage project in Sheffield, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: planning permission expired on 4 November 2019; the record was last updated on 25 June 2020.
20 MWbattery storage
permission expiredstatus in REPD
25 June 2020record last updated
Sheffieldcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Application submitted |
| 24 November 2017 | Planning permission granted |
| 4 November 2019 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- permission expired
- Record last updated
- 25 June 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Renewable Energy Systems (RES)
- Planning authority
- Sheffield
- Planning application reference
- 16/03302/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Site Of 350 Petre Street, Sheffield
- Council area (by location)
- Sheffield
- Time to decision
- 64 weeks
- REPD reference
- 6887
Who decides
| Applications | Sheffield | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 29 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 4 (14%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 21 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn Meadows | battery storage | 10 | operational | 3.7 |
| Brinsworth Road, Brinsworth | battery storage | 40 | application submitted | 4.6 |
| Yarra Industrial Estate, Loicher Lane | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
| Whitestone Solar Farm | solar farm | 750 | application submitted | 6.8 |
| Maltby Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | application submitted | 6.8 |
| Claire Court, Rawmarsh Road | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 7.0 |
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 (53.4015, -1.4453).