Bognop Road, Essington Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage (35 MW)
Bognop Road, Essington Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage is a 35 MW solar farm project in South Staffordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 14 November 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 3 December 2024.
35 MWsolar farm
application submittedstatus in REPD
3 December 2024record last updated
South Staffordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 November 2024 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 35 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 3 December 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Intelligent Alternatives Limited
- Planning authority
- South Staffordshire
- Planning application reference
- 24/00556/FULM
- Site area
- 50.0 ha
- Address (REPD)
- South Of Bognop Road Essington
- Council area (by location)
- South Staffordshire
- Name in REPD
- Bognop Road, Essington - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 10677
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (application submitted).
Who decides
| Applications | South Staffordshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 43 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 17 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 23 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 22.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Road, Featherstone | battery storage | 100 | application withdrawn | 2.8 |
| Hobble Lane, Great Wyrley | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.8 |
| Oaklands Farm, New Road | battery storage | 70 | approved, not built | 3.9 |
| Upper Latherford Farm, Latherford Lane | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 4.5 |
| Bowmans Harbour Solar Farm | solar farm | 6.9 | under construction | 4.9 |
| Jaguar Land Rover | rooftop solar | 5.8 | operational | 5.4 |
| Land East of Lawn Lane | solar farm | 5 | operational | 5.6 |
| Bloxwich Battery | battery storage | 41 | operational | 5.7 |
| Lawn Lane, Coven Solar Farm | solar farm | 48 | approved, not built | 5.8 |
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 (52.6312, -2.0604).