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Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage Facility (49.9 MW, 2024 application)

Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage Facility is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in Warwick, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 2 July 2024, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 10 February 2025. The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.

Data: REPD July 2026 extract · calculated 7 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

49.9 MWbattery storage
application submittedmay be out of datestatus in REPD
10 February 2025record last updated
Warwickcouncil area

The application was submitted more than two years ago and is still shown as pending; it may have been decided since. 32% of applications still shown as pending in REPD were submitted more than two years ago, and only 37% of pending records were updated in the last 12 months, so some of them may already have been decided.

Planning timeline

DateStage
2 July 2024Application submitted

Project details

Technology
battery storage (stand-alone storage)
Capacity
49.9 MW
Status (REPD)
application submitted
Record last updated
10 February 2025
Operator or applicant
Coventry Energy Storage Limited
Planning authority
Solihull
Planning application reference
PL/2024/01261/PPFL
Address (REPD)
E/O Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell, Solihull
Council area (by location)
Warwick
REPD reference
16974

Earlier applications for this site

ApplicationMWSubmittedOutcome
Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage Facility PL/2022/02581/PPFL49.98 December 2022replaced by a revised application
Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage Facility PL/2023/02196/PPFL49.925 October 2023approved on 25 January 2025, not yet built

Who decides

ApplicationsSolihullUK
Decided applications (solar, wind, battery)3010,236
Refused8 (27%)19%
Solar refused4 of 2212%
Battery storage refused4 of 816%
Median time from submission to decision8.0 weeks17.0 weeks
Appeals lodged / allowed4 / 4—

Other large projects within 10 km

ProjectTypeMWStatuskm
Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage Facilitybattery storage49.9approved, not built<0.1
Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage Facilitybattery storage49.9application submitted0.5
Nailcote Farmsolar farm18refused0.7
Beechwood Farm, Hodgetts Lanebattery storage57approved, not built0.9
Beechwood Farm, Hodgetts Lanebattery storage57application submitted0.9
Little Beanit Farm, Balsall Commonbattery storage200under construction1.0
Burton Green Farmbattery storage100approved, not built1.3
Tanners Lanebattery storage30approved, not built1.8
Benton Green Lanebattery storage70application submitted2.0

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 (52.3863, -1.6106).