Albrighton Substation, Beamish Lane (7 MW battery storage)
Albrighton Substation, Beamish Lane is a 7 MW battery storage project in Shropshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 26 February 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 4 March 2024.
7 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
4 March 2024record last updated
Shropshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 2 November 2023 | Application submitted |
| 26 February 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 26 February 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 7 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 4 March 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Fig Power (part of Hydrock)
- Planning authority
- Shropshire
- Planning application reference
- 23/04541/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- North of Albrighton Substation, Beamish Lane, Albrighton
- Council area (by location)
- Shropshire
- Time to decision
- 17 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Albrighton Substation, Beamish Lane - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 15306
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albrighton Substation, Beamish Lane 22/05043/FUL | 7 | 28 November 2022 | withdrawn 12 April 2023 |
Who decides
| Applications | Shropshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 98 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 22 (22%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 20 of 78 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 17 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.2 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 10 / 5 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Lane Solar farm | solar farm | 16 | approved, not built | 0.3 |
| Albrighton Solar farm | solar farm | 15.8 | operational | 0.5 |
| Solar Farm & Battery Storage at The South Of Holyhead Road Albrighton | solar farm | 23 | operational | 2.9 |
| Chillington Estate, Chillington Park | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 3.6 |
| Land East of Lawn Lane | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.9 |
| Jaguar Land Rover | rooftop solar | 5.8 | operational | 7.0 |
| Lawn Lane, Coven Solar Farm | solar farm | 48 | approved, not built | 7.1 |
| Pool Hall Farm, Lower Penn | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 7.5 |
| Wolverhampton West Sub Station | battery storage | 50 | permission expired | 8.2 |
Status and dates as recorded in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract); the database is compiled from public sources and can lag behind council decisions. Location: REPD grid reference (52.6373, -2.2438).