Hams Hall, Hams Lane (98 MW battery storage)
Hams Hall, Hams Lane is a 98 MW battery storage project in North Warwickshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 17 October 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 2 December 2025.
98 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
2 December 2025record last updated
North Warwickshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 20 May 2025 | Application submitted |
| 17 October 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 17 October 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 98 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 2 December 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Eon UK Plc
- Planning authority
- North Warwickshire
- Planning application reference
- PAP/2025/0227
- Address (REPD)
- 290 Metres E/O Hams Hall Electricity Sub Station, Hams Lane, Lea Marston, Sutton Coldfield
- Council area (by location)
- North Warwickshire
- Time to decision
- 21 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Hams Hall, Hams Lane - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 19010
Who decides
| Applications | North Warwickshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 32 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (9%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 23 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 16.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 1 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marston Fields Farm, Kingsbury Road | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | 0.5 |
| Marston Sewerage Pumping Station, Bodymoor Heath Lane | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 1.2 |
| Hams Hall | battery storage | 400 | under construction | 1.5 |
| Camp Farm, Knowle Hill | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 3.5 |
| Camp Farm, Knowle Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.5 |
| Wishaw Lane, Sutton Coldfield | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 3.7 |
| Lichfield Road, Watton Lane | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.9 |
| Maybrook Road Battery facility | battery storage | 13.1 | approved, not built | 6.1 |
| Copes Rough Wood, Lower House Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | approved, not built | 6.9 |
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 (52.5467, -1.7027).