Solar Farm & Battery Storage at The South Of Holyhead Road Albrighton (23 MW)
Solar Farm & Battery Storage at The South Of Holyhead Road Albrighton is a 23 MW solar farm project in Shropshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational; the record was last updated on 3 June 2025.
23 MWsolar farm
operationalstatus in REPD
3 June 2025record last updated
Shropshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 22 July 2022 | Application submitted |
| 7 June 2023 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- solar farm
- Capacity
- 23 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 3 June 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Low Carbon
- Planning authority
- Shropshire
- Planning application reference
- 22/03068/FUL
- Site area
- 54.7 ha
- Address (REPD)
- The South Of Holyhead Road Albrighton
- Council area (by location)
- Shropshire
- Time to decision
- 46 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Pepperhill Solar Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 11799
The scheme also includes battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (operational).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Lane Solar farm | solar farm | 16 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| Albrighton Solar farm | solar farm | 15.8 | operational | 2.8 |
| Albrighton Substation, Beamish Lane | battery storage | 7 | approved, not built | 2.9 |
| Pool Hall Farm, Lower Penn | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Chillington Estate, Chillington Park | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
| Ebstree Road, Trysull, Seisdon | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 7.3 |
| Ebstree Road, Trysull | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.3 |
| South Staffordshire Railway Walk, Castlecroft | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 7.5 |
| Wolverhampton West Sub Station | battery storage | 50 | permission expired | 7.6 |
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 (52.6172, -2.2715).