Power plant · Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom
Middlewich Road - Solar Photovoltaics & Battery Storage
Middlewich Road - Solar Photovoltaics & Battery Storage is a cancelled battery storage plant in Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, with 25 MW of capacity, operated by Cheshire East Council.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Cheshire East (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land Adjacent Councils Composting Plant, Middlewich Road, Crewe, CW1 5NG | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Mar 2022 (permit 21/4490N, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cheshire East) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 Aug 2021 (reference 21/4490N, planning authority Cheshire East) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Mar 2022 (granted, reference 21/4490N, planning authority Cheshire East) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Cheshire East Council (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 25 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.1130, -2.4135 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Cheshire East, reference 21/4490N)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cheshire East, reference 21/4490N)
How it compares
Middlewich Road - Solar Photovoltaics & Battery Storage is the 748th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 1,250th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 25 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 748th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,250th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,844th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 185 substations, 166 grid connections (102 operating, 798 MW), 18 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 4.4 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 12 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 13 km |
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Chelford | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
| Alderley House grid connection | Grid connection | 1.8 MW | Operating | 22 km |
| Alderley Park CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 2.6 MW | Operating | 22 km |
| Dane Moss Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Planned | 22 km |
| S.W. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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