Edwin Richards Quarry, Portway Road (100 MW battery storage)
Edwin Richards Quarry, Portway Road is a 100 MW battery storage project in Sandwell, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 12 February 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 25 February 2025.
100 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
25 February 2025record last updated
Sandwellcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 November 2024 | Application submitted |
| 12 February 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 12 February 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 25 February 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Downing Energy Development Company Limited
- Planning authority
- Sandwell
- Planning application reference
- DC/24/69945
- Address (REPD)
- Edwin Richards Quarry Portway Road
- Council area (by location)
- Sandwell
- Time to decision
- 13 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Edwin Richards Quarry, Portway Road - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 13917
Who decides
| Applications | Sandwell | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 35 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (6%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 20 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 15 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 7.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mucklow Hill | battery storage | 12 | permission expired | 4.0 |
| Merry Hill Shopping Centre | rooftop solar | 8.8 | approved, not built | 4.4 |
| Illey Lane | battery storage | 70 | approved, not built | 5.6 |
| Golds Hill | battery storage | 57 | operational | 5.9 |
| Illeybrook Farm | battery storage | 99.8 | approved, not built | 6.2 |
| Midland Quarry Products, Smith Road | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Lowlands Farm | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Bustleholme Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 9.4 |
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 (52.4896, -2.048).