Battery storage · United Kingdom

Lower Farm, Drointon Lane - Solar farm & Battery Energy Storage

Awaiting Construction30 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 19 February 2026

The site

Technology: Battery storage (Co-located with RE)
Capacity: 30 MW
Status: Awaiting Construction (Appeal Granted)
Operator or applicant: Innova Renewables
Location: Lower Farm Drointon Lane Grindley, Staffordshire, ST18 0LX, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Stafford
Planning application: 23/36938/FUL
Appeal reference: APP/Y3425/W/24/3351763

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Timeline

14 January 2017 Planning permission expired
17 March 2023 Planning application submitted
2 August 2024 Planning permission refused
23 December 2024 Appeal lodged
14 January 2025 Planning permission granted
14 January 2025 Appeal granted

Incidents on the register at this site

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Incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom

The register holds 14 incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom, 9 of them fires, and 176 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

Fire in home battery storage system connected to solar panelsEIR-1520 · 2026
Gas leak at Cockenzie battery storage site under constructionEIR-0681 · 2026
Short circuit in lithium battery cells reported as cause of fire at Rufford Colliery BESSEIR-0584 · 2026
Smoke and fire incident at Battery Box, Pinhoe Road, ExeterEIR-0249 · 2026
Battery storage site fire in East Tilbury brought under control after 24 hoursEIR-0530 · 2025

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