Battery Energy Storage (100 MW)
Battery Energy Storage is a 100 MW battery storage project in Shropshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 24 February 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 24 March 2025.
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application submittedstatus in REPD
24 March 2025record last updated
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Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 24 February 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 24 March 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Lower 48 Energy BESS Limited
- Planning authority
- Shropshire
- Planning application reference
- 25/00531/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- SW/O Shrewsbury Substation, Uffington, Shrewsbury
- Council area (by location)
- Shropshire
- Name in REPD
- Battery Shrewsbury Substation, Uffington - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 18366
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Farm, Uffington | battery storage | 8 | approved, not built | 0.6 |
| Pelham Road, Upton Magna | battery storage | 100 | application submitted | 2.2 |
| Haughmond Quarry - Uffington Solar Farm | solar farm | 25 | refused | 2.2 |
| Sundorne Grove | solar farm | 20 | operational | 3.2 |
| Church Farm, Withington Solar Farm | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| Myttons Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.3 |
| Berrington Farm | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 6.1 |
| Condover (Green Farm) | solar farm | 10.2 | operational | 6.2 |
| Tiddiecross Solar Farm | solar farm | 10.5 | operational | 7.9 |
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 (52.708, -2.6919).