Mcdonnell Drive, Exhall (30 MW battery storage)
Mcdonnell Drive, Exhall is a 30 MW battery storage project in Nuneaton and Bedworth, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 10 October 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 7 November 2025.
30 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
7 November 2025record last updated
Nuneaton and Bedworthcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 9 June 2025 | Application submitted |
| 10 October 2025 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 30 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 7 November 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Greenfield Energy Developments Limited
- Planning authority
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Planning application reference
- 41030
- Address (REPD)
- Site 126b005 - Mcdonnell Drive, Mcdonnell Drive, Exhall,
- Council area (by location)
- Nuneaton and Bedworth
- Time to decision
- 18 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Mcdonnell Drive, Exhall - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 19161
Who decides
Nuneaton and Bedworth has 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry National Grid Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 1.8 |
| Coventry National Grid Substation, Hawkesbury Hall | battery storage | 98 | application submitted | 2.0 |
| Newgate Coolliery Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 6 | application submitted | 2.2 |
| Tolldish Hall Farm, Parrotts Grove | solar farm | 25 | under construction | 2.5 |
| Hollyhurst Farm, Mile Tree Lane | solar farm | 25.6 | application submitted | 2.7 |
| Lentons Lane | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 2.9 |
| Lentons Lane, Aldermans Green | solar farm | 25 | refused | 3.1 |
| Lentons Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 30 | refused | 3.3 |
| Vauls Farm, Astley Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 16 | approved, not built | 3.8 |
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 (52.4601, -1.4892).