Midland Quarry Products, Smith Road (10 MW battery storage)
Midland Quarry Products, Smith Road is a 10 MW battery storage project in Sandwell, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 31 January 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 25 February 2025.
10 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
25 February 2025record last updated
Sandwellcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 2 May 2024 | Application submitted |
| 31 January 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 31 January 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 25 February 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Gresham House Devco Pipeline Limited
- Planning authority
- Sandwell
- Planning application reference
- DC/24/69271
- Address (REPD)
- Adjacent Midland Quarry Products Smith Road
- Council area (by location)
- Sandwell
- Time to decision
- 39 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Midland Quarry Products, Smith Road - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 14747
Who decides
| Applications | Sandwell | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 35 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (6%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 20 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 15 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 7.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golds Hill | battery storage | 57 | operational | 0.8 |
| Bustleholme Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 4.6 |
| Bloxwich Battery | battery storage | 41 | operational | 5.0 |
| Edwin Richards Quarry, Portway Road | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Chapel Lane | battery storage | 49.4 | approved, not built | 7.0 |
| Bowmans Harbour Solar Farm | solar farm | 6.9 | under construction | 7.0 |
| Merry Hill Shopping Centre | rooftop solar | 8.8 | approved, not built | 9.3 |
| Bognop Road, Essington Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 35 | application submitted | 9.8 |
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 (52.546, -2.0245).