Upper Leigh (20 MW battery storage)
Upper Leigh is a 20 MW battery storage project in East Staffordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 16 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 29 August 2025.
20 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
29 August 2025record last updated
East Staffordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 16 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 29 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Lightrock Power
- Planning authority
- East Staffordshire
- Planning application reference
- P/2025/00633
- Address (REPD)
- Lower Tean Leys, Tean Leys, Lower Tean
- Council area (by location)
- East Staffordshire
- Name in REPD
- Upper Leigh - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 19366
Recorded together with Upper Leigh Solar Farm (49.9 MW solar farm, approved, not built).
Who decides
| Applications | East Staffordshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 21 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (5%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 19 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 1 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 11.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tean Leys Farm, Tean Leys | battery storage | 70 | application submitted | 2.0 |
| Blythe House Farm Extension | solar farm | 16.6 | approved, not built | 2.9 |
| Upper Newton Farm (Blythe House) Solar Farm & Battery Storage | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Upper Newton Farm (Blythe House) Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 27.7 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Lower Newton Farm | solar farm | 11.5 | operational | 3.0 |
| Totmonslow Farm, Upper Tean Solar Farm | solar farm | 19.8 | approved, not built | 3.5 |
| Solar Farm at New Buildings Solar Farm | solar farm | 40 | application submitted | 3.9 |
| Solar Farm at Leaford Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | application submitted | 5.4 |
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 (52.9243, -1.9982).