Pelham Road, Upton Magna (100 MW battery storage)
Pelham Road, Upton Magna is a 100 MW battery storage project in Shropshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 1 May 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 1 July 2025.
100 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
1 July 2025record last updated
Shropshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 May 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 1 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Elgin Energy Esco Limited
- Planning authority
- Shropshire
- Planning application reference
- 25/01638/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- North Of Berwick Wharf
- Council area (by location)
- Shropshire
- Name in REPD
- Pelham Road, Upton Magna - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 18958
Who decides
| Applications | Shropshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 98 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 22 (22%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 20 of 78 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 17 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.2 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 10 / 5 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery Energy Storage | battery storage | 100 | application submitted | 2.2 |
| Bridge Farm, Uffington | battery storage | 8 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Church Farm, Withington Solar Farm | solar farm | 25 | approved, not built | 2.8 |
| Haughmond Quarry - Uffington Solar Farm | solar farm | 25 | refused | 3.5 |
| Sundorne Grove | solar farm | 20 | operational | 4.9 |
| Myttons Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 5.6 |
| Tiddiecross Solar Farm | solar farm | 10.5 | operational | 5.9 |
| Tiddiecross Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 14 | approved, not built | 5.9 |
| Berrington Farm | solar farm | 30 | approved, not built | 5.9 |
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 (52.7003, -2.6624).