Lichfield Road, Watton Lane (49.9 MW battery storage)
Lichfield Road, Watton Lane is a 49.9 MW battery storage project in North Warwickshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 5 March 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 2 April 2024.
49.9 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
2 April 2024record last updated
North Warwickshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 February 2023 | Application submitted |
| 5 March 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 5 March 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 49.9 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 2 April 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Anglo ES Water Orton Limited
- Planning authority
- North Warwickshire
- Planning application reference
- PAP/2023/0056
- Address (REPD)
- Junction Lichfield Road Watton Lane Water Orton
- Council area (by location)
- North Warwickshire
- Time to decision
- 55 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Lichfield Road, Watton Lane - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 13369
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hams Hall | battery storage | 400 | under construction | 2.4 |
| Wishaw Lane, Sutton Coldfield | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 2.9 |
| Hams Hall, Hams Lane | battery storage | 98 | approved, not built | 3.9 |
| Maybrook Road Battery facility | battery storage | 13.1 | approved, not built | 4.2 |
| Marston Fields Farm, Kingsbury Road | battery storage | 10 | approved, not built | 4.3 |
| Marston Sewerage Pumping Station, Bodymoor Heath Lane | battery storage | 50 | application submitted | 5.1 |
| Holly Lane Energy Park Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
| Camp Farm, Knowle Hill | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 7.0 |
| Camp Farm, Knowle Hill Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.0 |
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 (52.5163, -1.731).