Tean Leys Farm, Tean Leys (70 MW battery storage)
Tean Leys Farm, Tean Leys is a 70 MW battery storage project in Staffordshire Moorlands, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 22 May 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 27 June 2025.
70 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
27 June 2025record last updated
Staffordshire Moorlandscouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 May 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 70 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 27 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Tean Leys Energy Storage Limited
- Planning authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Planning application reference
- SMD/2025/0247
- Address (REPD)
- Tean Leys Farm, Tean Leys, Lower Tean, Stoke on Trent
- Council area (by location)
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Name in REPD
- Tean Leys Farm, Tean Leys - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 17803
Who decides
| Applications | Staffordshire Moorlands | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 25 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (32%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 15 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 5 of 10 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 28.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Leigh Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 0.4 |
| Upper Leigh | battery storage | 20 | application submitted | 2.0 |
| Blythe House Farm Extension | solar farm | 16.6 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Totmonslow Farm, Upper Tean Solar Farm | solar farm | 19.8 | approved, not built | 2.3 |
| Upper Newton Farm (Blythe House) Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 27.7 | approved, not built | 2.4 |
| Upper Newton Farm (Blythe House) Solar Farm & Battery Storage | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 2.4 |
| Lower Newton Farm | solar farm | 11.5 | operational | 2.4 |
| The Fields Farm | solar farm | 5 | refused | 4.4 |
| Draycott Cross Road | battery storage | 40 | approved, not built | 4.5 |
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 (52.9407, -1.9862).