South Staffordshire Railway Walk, Castlecroft (50 MW battery storage)
South Staffordshire Railway Walk, Castlecroft is a 50 MW battery storage project in South Staffordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 16 August 2022, not yet built; the record was last updated on 25 August 2022. REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 16 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 16 August 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 14 May 2021 | Application submitted |
| 23 December 2021 | Refused by the planning authority |
| 12 April 2022 | Appeal lodged |
| 16 August 2022 | Planning permission granted |
| 16 August 2022 | Appeal allowed |
| 16 August 2025 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 25 August 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Balance Power Projects Limited
- Planning authority
- South Staffordshire
- Planning application reference
- 21/00440/FUL
- Appeal reference
- APP/C3430/W/22/3292837
- Address (REPD)
- South Staffordshire Railway Walk, Castlecroft Road, Castlecroft, Wolverhampton
- Council area (by location)
- South Staffordshire
- Time to decision
- 66 weeks
- Name in REPD
- South Staffordshire Railway Walk, Castlecroft - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 11414
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton West Sub Station | battery storage | 50 | permission expired | 0.6 |
| Orchard Farm, Langley Road | battery storage | 100 | refused | 0.8 |
| Pool Hall Farm, Lower Penn | battery storage | 100 | approved, not built | 1.2 |
| Penstone Lane, Penn 1 | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Penstone Lane, Lower Penn 2 | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Canalside | battery storage | 60 | approved, not built | 2.2 |
| Ebstree Road, Trysull | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 2.4 |
| Ebstree Road, Trysull, Seisdon | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 2.4 |
| Wombourne Road, Wombourne | battery storage | 49.5 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
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 (52.5696, -2.192).