Woodlands, Windermere Road (90 MW)
Woodlands, Windermere Road is a 90 MW battery storage project in County Durham, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 8 July 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 22 August 2025.
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application submittedstatus in REPD
22 August 2025record last updated
County Durhamcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 8 July 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 90 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 22 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Build Studios
- Planning authority
- County Durham
- Planning application reference
- DM/25/01835/FPA
- Address (REPD)
- N/O Woodlands, Windermere Road, South Hetton, Durham
- Council area (by location)
- County Durham
- Name in REPD
- Woodlands, Windermere Road - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 17574
Who decides
| Applications | County Durham | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 89 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 22 (25%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 7 of 51 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 13 of 30 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 24.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 5 / 5 | — |
UK: all UK planning authorities. Counted under these REPD planning authority names: County Durham, Durham.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn Grid Site | battery storage | 49 | operational | <0.1 |
| Carrs Farm, South Hetton | battery storage | 200 | application submitted | 0.6 |
| Hawthorn Pit -Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.2 |
| Hawthorn Wind Farm | wind farm | 7.5 | application withdrawn | 1.7 |
| Hallfield Farm, Easington | battery storage | 57 | application submitted | 1.8 |
| Hallfield Farm, Easington Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 1.8 |
| Peterlee Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.4 |
| Great Eppleton Farm Repowering | wind farm | 8.2 | operational | 3.6 |
| Hackworth Road, North West Industrial Estate | solar farm | 15.4 | application submitted | 3.7 |
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 (54.8014, -1.3942).