Clay Pool
Welcome to our project page for Clay Pool BESS, a proposed new 800MW energy storage project located 2km northwest of the village of Elwick, in Hartlepool, England. The project includes land within the administrative areas of Durham County Council and Hartlepool Borough Council.
OVERVIEW
About Clay Pool Energy Storage
This map shows our proposed site boundary (red line) in relation to the A19 dual carriageway. In selecting the site, we have ensured there is enough suitable land for development while also allowing a significant portion of the site to be used for landscaping and ecological enhancements.
April 2025
Public consultation
Pre-application consultation on our proposals is open between 2nd April – 16th April. Feedback at this stage will help us to refine our plans before we submit planning applications to Durham County Council and Hartlepool Borough Council.
All of the consultation information is available here on this webpage, as well as how you can share your views. Feedback from the community, along with our ongoing environmental assessments and technical work, will help to inform our plans for Clay Pool BESS.
To ensure we can take your feedback into account, please engage with the pre-application consultation, and do share any comments with us by Wednesday 16th April 2025. We will consider all feedback we receive before we submit planning applications to Durham County Council and Hartlepool Borough Council.
Both Councils will conduct their own statutory consultation before determining the application.
Our commitment to communities
We are committed to supporting our communities through a Community Energy Transition Foundation, which invests in those areas where we have operational sites. The Foundation receives funding from each site, proportionate to its size.
Should the project go ahead, the foundation will invest in local initiatives that support the transition to net zero, ensuring significant local benefits from the delivery of national infrastructure.
We expect this project, if approved, could contribute around £1 million each year to the local areas.
Further details of our proposals, and a virtual showroom of our public exhibition, are available in the document library below.
FIND OUT MORE
Document library
You can find out more by reading the documents we have published as part of our public consultation:
Phone Number
01352 974027
Email Address
claypool.bess@natpower.ukPostal Address
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