Pool Hall Farm, Lower Penn (100 MW battery storage)
Pool Hall Farm, Lower Penn is a 100 MW battery storage project in South Staffordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 21 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 18 September 2025.
100 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
18 September 2025record last updated
South Staffordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 7 January 2025 | Application submitted |
| 21 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 21 July 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 18 September 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Elgin Energy Esco Limited
- Planning authority
- South Staffordshire
- Planning application reference
- 24/01092/FULM
- Address (REPD)
- Pool Hall Farm Lower Penn
- Council area (by location)
- South Staffordshire
- Time to decision
- 28 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Pool Hall Farm, Lower Penn - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 14062
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 | 1.2 |
| Penstone Lane, Penn 1 | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 1.5 |
| Penstone Lane, Lower Penn 2 | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 1.5 |
| Wolverhampton West Sub Station | battery storage | 50 | permission expired | 1.6 |
| Ebstree Road, Trysull | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.9 |
| Ebstree Road, Trysull, Seisdon | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 1.9 |
| Orchard Farm, Langley Road | battery storage | 100 | refused | 2.0 |
| Canalside | battery storage | 60 | approved, not built | 2.7 |
| Wombourne Road, Wombourne | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 5.6 |
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 (52.5736, -2.2084).