Printworks Road - Stalybridge Battery Storage (150 MW)
Printworks Road - Stalybridge Battery Storage is a 150 MW battery storage project in Tameside, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 15 December 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 19 December 2023.
150 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
19 December 2023record last updated
Tamesidecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 September 2023 | Application submitted |
| 15 December 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 15 December 2026 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 150 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 19 December 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Zenobe Energy
- Planning authority
- Tameside
- Planning application reference
- 23/00770/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- South Of Stalybridge Substation Printworks Road Stalybridge
- Council area (by location)
- Tameside
- Time to decision
- 14 weeks
- REPD reference
- 10808
Who decides
| Applications | Tameside | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 12 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 0 (0%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 7 | 12% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holden Way | battery storage | 6 | approved, not built | 2.7 |
| Lowerfields Farm, Warren Lane | battery storage | 27 | application submitted | 5.1 |
| Medlock Road, Failsworth | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 6.8 |
| Chadderton | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 9.1 |
| Whitegate Battery Storage | battery storage | 57 | under construction | 9.1 |
| Ashton Road, Bredbury | battery storage | 75 | approved, not built | 9.2 |
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 (53.4945, -2.0434).