Oaklands Farm, New Road (70 MW battery storage)
Oaklands Farm, New Road is a 70 MW battery storage project in South Staffordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 22 August 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 3 September 2024. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 22 August 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 22 August 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 December 2023 | Application submitted |
| 22 August 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 22 August 2025 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 70 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 3 September 2024
- Operator or applicant
- Conrad Energy (Developments) II Limited
- Planning authority
- South Staffordshire
- Planning application reference
- 23/01044/FULM
- Address (REPD)
- Oaklands Farm New Road Featherstone
- Council area (by location)
- South Staffordshire
- Time to decision
- 35 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Oaklands Farm, New Road - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 15735
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Road, Featherstone | battery storage | 100 | application withdrawn | 1.1 |
| Upper Latherford Farm, Latherford Lane | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Lawn Lane, Coven Solar Farm | solar farm | 48 | approved, not built | 2.3 |
| Four Ashes, Deepmore Lane Solar Farm | solar farm | 22.5 | approved, not built | 2.5 |
| Land East of Lawn Lane | solar farm | 5 | operational | 2.8 |
| Jaguar Land Rover | rooftop solar | 5.8 | operational | 3.2 |
| Bognop Road, Essington Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 35 | application submitted | 3.9 |
| Chillington Estate, Chillington Park | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 6.6 |
| Hobble Lane, Great Wyrley | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
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 (52.653, -2.1065).