Lowlands Farm (50 MW battery storage)
Lowlands Farm is a 50 MW battery storage project in Dudley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 4 September 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 12 September 2024.
50 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
12 September 2024record last updated
Dudleycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 November 2022 | Application submitted |
| 27 September 2023 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 25 March 2024 | Appeal lodged |
| 4 September 2024 | Appeal allowed |
| 4 September 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 12 September 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Anglo Renewables
- Planning authority
- Dudley
- Planning application reference
- P22/1733
- Appeal reference
- APP/C4615/W/24/3341383
- Address (REPD)
- adj to M5 Motorway, Lowlands Farm, Illey Lane, Halesowen
- Council area (by location)
- Dudley
- Time to decision
- 43 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Lowlands Farm - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 12959
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowlands Farm P22/0541 | 50 | 17 May 2022 | refused 15 August 2022 |
Who decides
| Applications | Dudley | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 20 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (15%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 16 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 3 of 4 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 7.7 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 2 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illeybrook Farm | battery storage | 99.8 | approved, not built | 0.7 |
| Illey Lane | battery storage | 70 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Mucklow Hill | battery storage | 12 | permission expired | 2.6 |
| Edwin Richards Quarry, Portway Road | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Fordhouse Lane | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 7.6 |
| Merry Hill Shopping Centre | rooftop solar | 8.8 | approved, not built | 7.9 |
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 (52.4326, -2.0265).