Station Road, Fiddlers Ferry (250 MW battery storage)
Station Road, Fiddlers Ferry is a 250 MW battery storage project in Warrington, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 4 December 2025; the record was last updated on 16 December 2025.
250 MWbattery storage
refusedstatus in REPD
16 December 2025record last updated
Warringtoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 18 July 2025 | Application submitted |
| 4 December 2025 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 250 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 16 December 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Net Zero One Limited
- Planning authority
- Warrington
- Planning application reference
- 2025/00999/FULM
- Address (REPD)
- South West Of Station Road, Fiddlers Ferry, Penketh
- Council area (by location)
- Warrington
- Time to decision
- 20 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Station Road, Fiddlers Ferry - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 18975
Who decides
| Applications | Warrington | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 35 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 6 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 5 of 30 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 7.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land south of 50 Station Road | solar farm | 5 | refused | 1.0 |
| Fiddlers Ferry Power Station | battery storage | 150 | under construction | 1.8 |
| Mowcroft Solar Farm | solar farm | 27.1 | refused | 2.0 |
| Warrington Home Solar Scheme | rooftop solar | 5.3 | operational | 4.2 |
| The Hut Group, Skyline Drive | rooftop solar | 6.8 | approved, not built | 4.3 |
| Land South Of Joy Lane | solar farm | 5 | refused | 4.8 |
| St Michaels Road, Ditton Road | battery storage | 14 | approved, not built | 6.9 |
| Sutton Manor | battery storage | 57 | approved, not built | 7.3 |
| Cholmondeley Road | battery storage | 150 | approved, not built | 7.5 |
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 (53.3732, -2.6614).