Coventry National Grid Substation (49.9 MW battery storage)
Coventry National Grid Substation is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Coventry, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 1 December 2023; the record was last updated on 25 July 2025.
49.9 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
25 July 2025record last updated
Coventrycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 2 July 2020 | Application submitted |
| 22 January 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 July 2022 | Construction started |
| 1 December 2023 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 25 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Pivot Power
- Planning authority
- Coventry
- Planning application reference
- FUL/2020/1476
- Address (REPD)
- National Grid Substation, Parrotts Grove, Coventry, West Midlands
- Council area (by location)
- Coventry
- Time to decision
- 29 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7885
Who decides
| Applications | Coventry | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 23 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (9%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 21 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 2 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 7.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry National Grid Substation, Hawkesbury Hall | battery storage | 98 | application submitted | 0.2 |
| Tolldish Hall Farm, Parrotts Grove | solar farm | 25 | under construction | 0.9 |
| Lentons Lane | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 1.3 |
| Lentons Lane, Aldermans Green | solar farm | 25 | refused | 1.4 |
| Lentons Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | refused | 1.5 |
| Hollyhurst Farm, Mile Tree Lane | solar farm | 25.6 | application submitted | 1.8 |
| Mcdonnell Drive, Exhall | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 1.8 |
| T Main Road, Ansty | battery storage | 200 | approved, not built | 3.5 |
| Newgate Coolliery Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 6 | application submitted | 3.8 |
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 (52.4544, -1.4643).