South Thinford Lane, Thinford (99.9 MW battery storage)
South Thinford Lane, Thinford is a 99.9 MW battery storage project in County Durham, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 21 October 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 28 January 2022. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 21 October 2025, 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 21 October 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 January 2022 | Application submitted |
| 21 October 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 21 October 2025 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 99.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 28 January 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Renewable Energy Systems Limited
- Planning authority
- County Durham
- Planning application reference
- DM/22/00120/FPA
- Address (REPD)
- S/O Spennymoor Electricity Substation, South Thinford Lane, Thinford, Durham
- Council area (by location)
- County Durham
- Time to decision
- 39 weeks
- Name in REPD
- South Thinford Lane, Thinford - Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 10489
Who decides
| Applications | County Durham | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 89 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 22 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 7 of 51 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 13 of 30 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 5 | — |
UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: County Durham, Durham.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croxdale Farms, Hett Moor Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.9 |
| Spennymoor Greener Grid Park | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 1.2 |
| Bowburn | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 3.4 |
| West House Farm, Fishburn Solar Farm | solar farm | 41.4 | approved, not built | 5.6 |
| Low Raisby Farm, Kelloe | solar farm | 25.3 | application submitted | 6.4 |
| Trimdon Grange | wind farm | 5.2 | operational | 7.5 |
| Southern Law | wind farm | 5.2 | operational | 8.0 |
| The Isles Wind Farm | wind farm | 48 | application withdrawn | 9.6 |
| Toronto Green Energy Park, Addison Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 27 | application submitted | 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 (54.7048, -1.5562).