THE latest plans submitted regarding the land at Fiddlers Ferry Power Station have been approved by planning bosses at the council.

Warrington Borough Council approved the plans on Monday, which relate to the creation of a power storage facility on the site.

The site in question is a portion of agricultural field space that is currently vacant.

Runcorn and Widnes World: The power station was decommissioned in 2020The power station was decommissioned in 2020 (Image: Supplied)

An application was first submitted to the council regarding this development in June 2022, and has been under consideration for almost 12 months.

Documents available on the council's online planning portal suggest that almost 80 batteries could be installed as part of the newly-approved development.

According to the plans, around 76 batteries will be installed at the site, which will be capable of storing and delivering 150MW of energy.

For context, as per OGM, one home takes 1.39MW of energy to power for 30 days, meaning that the batteries could store enough energy to power around 107 homes for one month.

To access the new development, a link road and small bridge will need to be created from the Fiddlers Ferry A562 entrance to the plot of land in question.

The site will be protected by a perimeter fence almost 2.5m high, as well as being monitored by CCTV.

There were no objections from ward or parish councillors, nor from Cheshire Fire and Rescue, Halton Borough Council (which the development neighbours), or Warrington Borough Council's Environmental Health and Waterways departments.

A planning officer's report reads: "Purpose is to store electricity from the National Grid at times of low demand on the network and re-distribute the electricity back to the grid at times of high demand when the network is in system stress, as well as offering services to balance and control aspects of the electrical power."