← Back to West Midlands

Energy sites / United Kingdom / West Midlands

Solar · United Kingdom

Holly Lane Energy Park - Solar Farm & Battery Storage

Awaiting Construction25 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 19 February 2026

Technology
Solar
Capacity
25 MW
Status
Awaiting Construction (Appeal Granted)
Operator or applicant
Exagen
Location
Holly Lane Energy Park, West Midlands, B37 7AN, United Kingdom
Planning authority
Solihull
Planning application
PL/2023/01952/PPFL
Appeal reference
AP/2024/00027/REF

View on OpenStreetMap. The larger dot is this site; the others are sites within 40 km.

  • 18 September 2023 Planning application submitted
  • 23 April 2024 Planning permission refused
  • 1 July 2024 Appeal lodged
  • 30 January 2025 Planning permission granted
  • 30 January 2025 Appeal granted
  • 30 January 2030 Planning permission expired

None found. The register holds no published incident that names Holly Lane Energy Park - Solar Farm & Battery Storage. If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).

The register holds 86 incidents at solar farms in the United Kingdom, 59 of them fires, and 344 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

What fails at solar farms · All solar farms incidents

Preparing, reviewing or responding to a planning application for a site like this? The planning evidence pack sets out every comparable incident for one project, with sources. £295, by email in minutes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero). The dataset. The register adds only the incidents and the counts.