Stoke Lane (130 MW battery storage)
Stoke Lane is a 130 MW battery storage project in South Norfolk, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 9 September 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 15 July 2025. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 9 September 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 9 September 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 2 December 2021 | Application submitted |
| 9 September 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 9 September 2025 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 130 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 15 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- FPC Electric Land Limited
- Planning authority
- South Norfolk
- Planning application reference
- 2021/2645
- Address (REPD)
- N/O Stoke Lane Dunston
- Council area (by location)
- South Norfolk
- Time to decision
- 40 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Stoke Lane - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 10390
Who decides
| Applications | South Norfolk | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 50 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 30 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 7 of 7 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 13 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich Substation Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.9 |
| Hickling Lane, Swainsthorpe -Battery Storage | battery storage | 114 | approved, not built | 0.9 |
| Hall Farm, Hickling Lane | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 1.7 |
| Bloy’s Grove Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Hornsea Project Three | battery storage | 300 | under construction | 2.3 |
| Land south of Brick Kiln Road | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.4 |
| Mulbarton Road, Keswick | battery storage | 400 | application submitted | 3.4 |
| Bracon Ash Solar | solar farm | 28.5 | under construction | 4.5 |
| Flordon Road, Bracon Ash Solar Panels & Battery Storage | solar farm | 24 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
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 (52.5659, 1.2782).