Chapel Lane (49.4 MW battery storage)
Chapel Lane is a 49.4 MW battery storage project in Walsall, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 13 January 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 21 January 2025.
49.4 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
21 January 2025record last updated
Walsallcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 5 October 2023 | Application submitted |
| 3 July 2024 | Appeal lodged |
| 13 January 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 13 January 2025 | Appeal allowed |
| 13 January 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.4 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 21 January 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Anesco Limited
- Planning authority
- Walsall
- Planning application reference
- 23/1286
- Appeal reference
- APP/V4630/W/24/3347424
- Address (REPD)
- Adj The Duckery, Chapel Lane, Great Barr, Walsall
- Council area (by location)
- Walsall
- Time to decision
- 67 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Chapel Lane - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 15308
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Lane 21/1720 | 49.4 | 6 December 2021 | refused 13 December 2022 |
Who decides
| Applications | Walsall | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 21 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (24%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 16 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 7.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bustleholme Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 2.4 |
| Bloxwich Battery | battery storage | 41 | operational | 6.5 |
| Midland Quarry Products, Smith Road | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | 7.0 |
| Golds Hill | battery storage | 57 | operational | 7.7 |
| Maybrook Road Battery facility | battery storage | 13.1 | approved, not built | 9.9 |
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 (52.5625, -1.9251).