Wheaten Hill Farm (400 MW battery storage)
Wheaten Hill Farm is a 400 MW battery storage project in Redditch, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application submitted on 6 August 2025, no decision recorded; the record was last updated on 28 October 2025.
400 MWbattery storage
application submittedstatus in REPD
28 October 2025record last updated
Redditchcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 6 August 2025 | Application submitted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 400 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application submitted
- Record last updated
- 28 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Boom Power Limited
- Planning authority
- Redditch
- Planning application reference
- 25/00888/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Wheaten Hill Farm, Salt Way, Feckenham, Redditch
- Council area (by location)
- Redditch
- Name in REPD
- Wheaten Hill Farm - BESS
- REPD reference
- 19649
Who decides
Redditch has 9 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feckenham Energy Storage System | battery storage | 18 | application withdrawn | 1.2 |
| Astwood Lane, Feckenham | battery storage | 200 | application withdrawn | 1.9 |
| Roundhill, Earls Common Road, Stock Green Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application withdrawn | 6.0 |
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 (52.2545, -1.9532).