Illey Lane (70 MW battery storage)
Illey Lane is a 70 MW battery storage project in Bromsgrove, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 14 October 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 10 November 2025.
70 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
10 November 2025record last updated
Bromsgrovecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 24 September 2024 | Application submitted |
| 14 October 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 14 October 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 70 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 10 November 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Grenergy Renewables UK Limited
- Planning authority
- Bromsgrove
- Planning application reference
- 24/00960/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Illey Lane, Hunnington, Halesowen
- Council area (by location)
- Bromsgrove
- Time to decision
- 55 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Illey Lane - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 17338
Who decides
Bromsgrove has 7 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illeybrook Farm | battery storage | 99.8 | approved, not built | 0.7 |
| Lowlands Farm | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Mucklow Hill | battery storage | 12 | permission expired | 1.7 |
| Edwin Richards Quarry, Portway Road | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 5.6 |
| Merry Hill Shopping Centre | rooftop solar | 8.8 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Fordhouse Lane | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 8.9 |
| Roundhill Sewage Works Wind Turbines | wind farm | 6.8 | refused on appeal | 9.6 |
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 (52.439, -2.0438).