New Road, Featherstone (100 MW battery storage)
New Road, Featherstone is a 100 MW battery storage project in South Staffordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 25 November 2024; the record was last updated on 25 July 2025.
100 MWbattery storage
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
25 July 2025record last updated
South Staffordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 December 2023 | Application submitted |
| 25 November 2024 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 25 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Chiltern Renewables Hockliffe Limited
- Planning authority
- South Staffordshire
- Planning application reference
- 23/01031/OUTM
- Address (REPD)
- N/O New Road, Featherstone, Wolverhampton
- Council area (by location)
- South Staffordshire
- Name in REPD
- New Road, Featherstone - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 15297
Who decides
| Applications | South Staffordshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 43 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 7 (16%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 17 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 23 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 22.9 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 2 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oaklands Farm, New Road | battery storage | 70 | approved, not built | 1.1 |
| Upper Latherford Farm, Latherford Lane | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 2.1 |
| Bognop Road, Essington Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 35 | application submitted | 2.8 |
| Lawn Lane, Coven Solar Farm | solar farm | 48 | approved, not built | 3.2 |
| Land East of Lawn Lane | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.4 |
| Four Ashes, Deepmore Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 22.5 | approved, not built | 3.5 |
| Jaguar Land Rover | rooftop solar | 5.8 | operational | 3.6 |
| Hobble Lane, Great Wyrley | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.7 |
| Bowmans Harbour Solar Farm | solar farm | 6.9 | under construction | 6.1 |
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 (52.6474, -2.0932).