Planning application · Battery storage · County Durham
Hawthorn Pit Battery Energy Storage System
Pending considerationApplication DM/26/01837/FPAReceived 16 July 2026
Added from Durham County Council planning record DM/26/01837/FPA, not yet in the government register. The council's planning record, checked 9 Oct 2026.
The application
- Application number
- DM/26/01837/FPA
- Planning authority
- County Durham
- Nation
- England
- Technology
- Battery storage
- Status
- Pending consideration (on the council's planning record, checked 9 Oct 2026)
- Proposal
- Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with associated infrastructure, access (primary and secondary) and ancillary works, including drainage, landscaping and biodiversity enhancements.
- Applicant
- Zenobē Energy Limited (from the cover letter filed with the application on the council's planning record)
- Location
- Land To North West Of Hallfield Farm, Easington, SR8 3NY
- Decision level
- Committee
Map point: the centre of the postcode SR8 3NY (Ordnance Survey open data via postcodes.io), not the exact site.
Not in the July 2026 government file (REPD Q2 2026) under DM/26/01837/FPA, Hawthorn Pit, Easington, Zenobe or the SR8 postcodes. The file's Hawthorn Pit battery row is NatPower's DM/25/02255/FPA and its Hallfield Farm rows are Eden Renewables' DM/25/01881/FPA, both separate applications.
Timeline
- 16 July 2026 Application received
- 4 August 2026 Application validated
The planning evidence pack can be made for this application from its postcode.