Wilton International, Greystones Road - Phase 1 (150 MW battery storage)
Wilton International, Greystones Road - Phase 1 is a 150 MW battery storage project in Redcar and Cleveland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 4 October 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 10 October 2023.
150 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
10 October 2023record last updated
Redcar and Clevelandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 August 2023 | Application submitted |
| 4 October 2023 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 150 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 10 October 2023
- Operator or applicant
- Sembcorp Utilities (UK) Limited
- Planning authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Planning application reference
- R/2023/0545/CL
- Address (REPD)
- Wilton International, Lazenby
- Council area (by location)
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Time to decision
- 8 weeks
- REPD reference
- 14729
Who decides
| Applications | Redcar and Cleveland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 17 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (6%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 9 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 6 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 13.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greystones Road, Grangetown | battery storage | 60 | approved, not built | <0.1 |
| Lackenby | battery storage | 49.9 | permission expired | 0.7 |
| Old Hall Farm, Lackenby | battery storage | 244 | application submitted | 0.9 |
| Tesside GigaPark | battery storage | 1,000 | application submitted | 1.6 |
| Wilton | wind farm | 6.6 | application withdrawn | 3.2 |
| Tees Wind North | wind farm | 45 | abandoned | 3.9 |
| Bank Field Wind Farm | wind farm | 17 | application withdrawn | 4.2 |
| Teesworks Battery Storage Project | battery storage | 1,000 | application withdrawn | 4.3 |
| Yearby Village - Tees Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
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 (54.5727, -1.1296).