The Carrs - Meadow Farm Energy storage facility (57 MW)
The Carrs - Meadow Farm Energy storage facility is a 57 MW battery storage project in Stockton-on-Tees, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 21 September 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 26 September 2023.
57 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
26 September 2023record last updated
Stockton-on-Teescouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 26 April 2023 | Application submitted |
| 21 September 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 21 September 2026 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 57 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 26 September 2023
- Operator or applicant
- BayWa r.e.
- Planning authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Planning application reference
- 23/0752/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Se/O The Carrs, Fishing Lakes, Letch Lane, Carlton, Stockton on Tees
- Council area (by location)
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Time to decision
- 21 weeks
- REPD reference
- 9207
Who decides
| Applications | Stockton-on-Tees | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 32 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 0 (0%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 20 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 9 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 16.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Farm Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Letch Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 10.8 | approved, not built | 0.7 |
| Gately Moor Reservoir, Redmarshall Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Cowley Complex, Stockton on Tees | solar farm | 120 | under construction | 2.8 |
| Newbiggin Wind Farm | wind farm | 6 | refused | 4.2 |
| Eaglescliffe Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.5 |
| Foxton Lane | wind farm | 6 | refused | 5.8 |
| Lambs Hill | wind farm | 8 | operational | 5.9 |
| The Brick Bank | battery storage | 7 | permission expired | 6.0 |
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 (54.5879, -1.3818).