Solar, wind and battery projects near Redditch (B98)
20 solar, wind or battery projects of 150 kW or more are recorded within 10 km of the centre of B98 (Redditch): 5 are waiting for a planning decision, 10 approved but not yet running, 2 operational. The largest live scheme is Wheaten Hill Farm (400 MW battery storage, application submitted on 6 August 2025, no decision recorded), 6.0 km away. Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, July 2026 extract.
Projects within 10 km of B98
Projects of 1 MW and more (5)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorlux Lighting Moons, Merse Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 1.4 | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Feb 2022 | Jan 2022 | granted Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 | Redditch | 1.7 |
| Wheaten Hill Farmbattery storage | battery storage | 400 | application submittedupdated Oct 2025 | Aug 2025 | — | Oct 2025 | Redditch | 6.0 |
| Birmingham And Solihull Rugby Club, Forshaw Heath Lanesolar farm | solar farm | 1.2 | application submittedupdated Mar 2025 | Feb 2025 | — | Mar 2025 | Stratford-on-Avon | 6.3 |
| Feckenham Energy Storage Systembattery storage | battery storage | 18 | application withdrawnupdated Nov 2018 | Apr 2017 | — | Nov 2018 | Redditch | 7.1 |
| Astwood Lane, Feckenhambattery storage | battery storage | 200 | application withdrawnupdated May 2026 | Mar 2023 | — | May 2026 | Redditch | 7.1 |
Smaller schemes under 1 MW, mostly rooftop solar (15)
| Project | Type | MW | Status (REPD) | Submitted | Decision | Record updated | Council | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Streetrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | operationalupdated Mar 2022 | Jan 2022 | granted Mar 2022 | Mar 2022 | Redditch | 0.6 |
| Sparlonz Limitedrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | approved, not builtupdated Dec 2021 | Oct 2021 | granted Dec 2021 | Dec 2021 | Redditch | 0.9 |
| Woolaston Roadbattery storage | battery storage | — | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Sep 2020 | Aug 2020 | granted Dec 2020 | Sep 2020 | Redditch | 1.5 |
| Trinity High School And Sixth Form Centre, Easemore Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated May 2025 | Jan 2025 | granted Apr 2025 | May 2025 | Redditch | 1.7 |
| Hsh Coldstores Limited, Moons Moat Driverooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | approved, not builtupdated May 2023 | Mar 2023 | granted Apr 2023 | May 2023 | Redditch | 1.9 |
| Sainsburys, Abbey Trading Centrerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | approved, not builtupdated Jan 2025 | Nov 2024 | granted Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 | Redditch | 2.2 |
| Heming Point Roof Mounted Solar Panelsrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.2 | operationalupdated Jun 2023 | Dec 2020 | granted Feb 2021 | Jun 2023 | Redditch | 2.3 |
| Millennium Hatchery, Henley Roadrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | approved, not builtupdated Nov 2022 | Aug 2022 | granted Oct 2022 | Nov 2022 | Stratford-on-Avon | 3.8 |
| Lower Skilts Farmsolar farm | solar farm | 0.5 | application withdrawnupdated Jan 2022 | Mar 2020 | — | Jan 2022 | Stratford-on-Avon | 3.8 |
| Oakland International, Seafield Lanerooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.4 | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2022 | Aug 2022 | granted Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 | Bromsgrove | 4.3 |
| Birmingham And Solihull Rugby Club, Forshaw Heath Lanebattery storage | battery storage | — | application submittedupdated Mar 2025 | Feb 2025 | — | Mar 2025 | Stratford-on-Avon | 6.3 |
| Poolhead Lane, Earlswoodrooftop solar | rooftop solar | 0.3 | approved, not builtupdated Sep 2025 | Aug 2025 | granted Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 | Stratford-on-Avon | 6.6 |
| Astwood Lane - Greener Grid Park & Energy Storagebattery storage | battery storage | — | approved, not built may be out of dateupdated Feb 2022 | Jan 2021 | granted Jan 2022 | Feb 2022 | Redditch | 7.1 |
| Feckenham Energy Storage Systembattery storage | battery storage | — | application submittedupdated Jul 2025 | May 2025 | — | Jul 2025 | Redditch | 7.3 |
| Tything Road East, Kinwartonrooftop solar | rooftop solar | — | application submitted may be out of dateupdated Jun 2023 | May 2023 | — | Jun 2023 | Stratford-on-Avon | 9.2 |
Distance from the average position of the B98 postcodes, not from your home. Projects of 5 MW and more have their own page with dates and planning history.
By type
| Type | All | Pending | Approved | Operational | Refused | MW in pipeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar farm | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 |
| Rooftop solar | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3.9 |
| Battery storage | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 400 |
MW in pipeline: pending, approved and under-construction capacity.
How Redditch decides solar, wind and battery applications
Redditch has 9 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Is the status up to date?
32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided. Near B98, 4 projects have a status that may be out of date (pending for over two years, or approved with a permission expiry date already passed). Check the council's planning register for the latest decision.