Power plant · Redcar and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom
Tees CCPP
Tees CCPP is a permitted power plant in Redcar and Cleveland, England, United Kingdom, with 1,700 MW of capacity, operated by Sembcorp Utilities Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Redcar and Cleveland (coordinates), England | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Site of the former Teesside Power Station; Greystone Road, Grangetown, Middlesbrough, TS6 8JF | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 5 Apr 2019 (permit EN010082, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Nov 2017 (ref. EN010082, The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Apr 2019 (granted, ref. EN010082, The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Sembcorp Utilities Limited | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,700 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Gas | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 14.9 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.5756, -1.1269 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Tees CCPP is the 11th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 21st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,700 MW is 0.57% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.91% |
| United Kingdom | 21st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.57% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 31st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | 0.26% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 228 grid connections (116 operating, 1,220 MW) and 114 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage 250 MW grid connection at Old Hill Farm Direct | Grid connection | 250 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Lackenby | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Gas 12 MW grid connection at Grangetown | Grid connection | 12 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Landfill gas 2.027 MW grid connection at Grangetown | Grid connection | 2.03 MW | Operating | 1.5 km |
| Grangetown | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Spencerbeck | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- planning.data.gov.uk. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.