Rubber and Allied Products (40 MW battery storage)
Rubber and Allied Products is a 40 MW battery storage project in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 15 December 2017, not yet built; the record was last updated on 20 April 2020. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 15 December 2020, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 15 December 2020, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 October 2017 | Application submitted |
| 15 December 2017 | Planning permission granted |
| 15 December 2020 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 20 April 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Volta Energy Storage
- Planning authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Planning application reference
- 17/00847/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Rubber & Allied Products Ltd, Turner Crescent, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire
- Council area (by location)
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Time to decision
- 8 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7096
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noriker Power Staunch | battery storage | 20 | operational | 0.4 |
| Brown Edge | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 7.6 |
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 (53.0336, -2.2497).