Spennymoor Greener Grid Park (200 MW battery storage)
Spennymoor Greener Grid Park is a 200 MW battery storage project in County Durham, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 14 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 19 June 2026.
200 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
19 June 2026record last updated
County Durhamcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 24 March 2023 | Application submitted |
| 14 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 14 July 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 19 June 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Statkraft UK Limited
- Planning authority
- County Durham
- Planning application reference
- DM/23/00745/FPA
- Address (REPD)
- E/O Spennymoor, National Grid Station, Thinford Lane, Thinford, Durham
- Council area (by location)
- County Durham
- Time to decision
- 120 weeks
- REPD reference
- 13576
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 | 1.0 |
| South Thinford Lane, Thinford | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 1.2 |
| Bowburn | solar farm | 5 | permission expired | 2.6 |
| West House Farm, Fishburn Solar Farm | solar farm | 41.4 | approved, not built | 4.7 |
| Low Raisby Farm, Kelloe | solar farm | 25.3 | application submitted | 5.3 |
| Trimdon Grange | wind farm | 5.2 | operational | 6.3 |
| Southern Law | wind farm | 5.2 | operational | 6.8 |
| The Isles Wind Farm | wind farm | 48 | application withdrawn | 9.7 |
| Harehill Farm, Haswell Plough Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 31.5 | refused | 9.8 |
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 (54.7085, -1.5385).