Tanners Lane (30 MW battery storage)
Tanners Lane is a 30 MW battery storage project in Coventry, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 23 June 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 25 July 2025.
30 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
25 July 2025record last updated
Coventrycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 6 November 2024 | Application submitted |
| 23 June 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 23 June 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 30 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 25 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Tag Energy Development UK Limited
- Planning authority
- Solihull
- Planning application reference
- PL/2024/02694/PPFL
- Address (REPD)
- Off Tanners Lane, Coventry
- Council area (by location)
- Coventry
- Time to decision
- 33 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Tanners Lane - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 17526
The scheme also includes 30 MW of battery storage, recorded separately in REPD (replaced by a revised application).
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanners Lane PL/2023/02051/PPFL | 30 | 2 October 2023 | withdrawn 5 March 2024 |
Who decides
| Applications | Solihull | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 30 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (27%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 22 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 4 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 8.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 4 / 4 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton Green Lane | battery storage | 70 | application submitted | 1.0 |
| Nailcote Farm | solar farm | 18 | refused | 1.2 |
| Broad Lane | solar farm | 8.5 | refused on appeal | 1.5 |
| Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 1.6 |
| Beechwood Farm, Hodgetts Lane | battery storage | 57 | application submitted | 1.7 |
| Beechwood Farm, Hodgetts Lane | battery storage | 57 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | application submitted | 1.8 |
| Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage Facility | battery storage | 49.9 | approved, not built | 1.8 |
| Hill House Farm, Coventry Road | battery storage | 20 | application submitted | 1.8 |
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 (52.4024, -1.6051).