Orchard Farm, Langley Road (100 MW battery storage)
Orchard Farm, Langley Road is a 100 MW battery storage project in South Staffordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 22 December 2025; the record was last updated on 6 January 2026.
100 MWbattery storage
refusedstatus in REPD
6 January 2026record last updated
South Staffordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 January 2025 | Application submitted |
| 22 December 2025 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 6 January 2026
- Operator or applicant
- RE Projects Development Limited
- Planning authority
- South Staffordshire
- Planning application reference
- 24/01102/FULM
- Address (REPD)
- Orchard Farm - BESS Langley Road Lower Penn
- Council area (by location)
- South Staffordshire
- Time to decision
- 49 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Orchard Farm, Langley Road - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 17884
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Staffordshire Railway Walk, Castlecroft | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 0.8 |
| Wolverhampton West Sub Station | battery storage | 50 | permission expired | 1.0 |
| Penstone Lane, Penn 1 | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 1.6 |
| Penstone Lane, Lower Penn 2 | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 1.6 |
| Canalside | battery storage | 60 | approved, not built | 1.9 |
| Pool Hall Farm, Lower Penn | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 2.0 |
| Ebstree Road, Trysull | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Ebstree Road, Trysull, Seisdon | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Wombourne Road, Wombourne | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 4.5 |
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 (52.5638, -2.1841).