Hill House Farm, Coventry Road (20 MW battery storage)
Hill House Farm, Coventry Road is a 20 MW battery storage project in Solihull, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 14 April 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 17 June 2025.
20 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
17 June 2025record last updated
Solihullcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 April 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 17 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Root Power South Limited
- Planning authority
- Solihull
- Planning application reference
- PL/2025/00806/PPFL
- Address (REPD)
- Hill House Farm, Coventry Road, Berkswell
- Council area (by location)
- Solihull
- Name in REPD
- Hill House Farm, Coventry Road - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 18866
Who decides
| Applications | Solihull | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (27%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 22 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 8.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 4 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broad Lane | solar farm | 8.5 | refused on appeal | 1.1 |
| Benton Green Lane | battery storage | 70 | application submitted | 1.1 |
| Tanners Lane | battery storage | 30 | approved, not built | 1.8 |
| Beechwood Farm, Hodgetts Lane | battery storage | 57 | approved, not built | 2.4 |
| Beechwood Farm, Hodgetts Lane | battery storage | 57 | application submitted | 2.4 |
| Nailcote Farm | solar farm | 18 | refused | 2.4 |
| Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 2.7 |
| Little Beanit Farm, Balsall Common | battery storage | 200 | under construction | 3.0 |
| Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 3.2 |
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 (52.4131, -1.6257).