Worset Lane (200 MW battery storage)
Worset Lane is a 200 MW battery storage project in Hartlepool, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 18 January 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 7 June 2022. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 18 January 2026, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 18 January 2026, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 July 2022 | Application submitted |
| 18 January 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 18 January 2026 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 7 June 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Clearstone Energy
- Planning authority
- Hartlepool
- Planning application reference
- H/2022/0263
- Address (REPD)
- Worset Lane, Hartlepool
- Council area (by location)
- Hartlepool
- Time to decision
- 28 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Worset Lane - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 11406
Who decides
| Applications | Hartlepool | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 18 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (6%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 12 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 3 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 32.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worset Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 50 | approved, not built | 3.9 |
| Brenda Road Wind Turbine | wind turbine | 7.5 | application withdrawn | 4.1 |
| Tofts Road Wind Turbine | wind turbine | 7.5 | application withdrawn | 4.4 |
| Graythorp Wind Turbine | wind turbine | 7.5 | application withdrawn | 5.1 |
| Home Farm | solar farm | 13 | abandoned | 5.3 |
| High Volts Wind Farm | wind farm | 5.5 | operational | 5.7 |
| Whelley Hill Farm, Worset Lane | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 5.9 |
| Whelley Hill Farm | battery storage | 25 | application withdrawn | 5.9 |
| Benridge Farm, Fillpoke Lane | solar farm | 48 | application submitted | 6.7 |
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 (54.6854, -1.2129).