Power plant · Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Hollins Lane - Battery Energy Storage
Hollins Lane - Battery Energy Storage is a cancelled battery storage plant in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, with 13 MW of capacity, operated by Hydrock Consultants Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Shropshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Hollins Lane, Market Drayton, TF9 2AL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 17 May 2023 (permit 23/00223/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Shropshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Jan 2023 (reference 23/00223/FUL, planning authority Shropshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 May 2023 (granted, reference 23/00223/FUL, planning authority Shropshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Hydrock Consultants Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 13 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.8815, -2.4602 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Shropshire, reference 23/00223/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Shropshire, reference 23/00223/FUL)
How it compares
Hollins Lane - Battery Energy Storage is the 1,236th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 2,028th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 13 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,236th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,028th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 9,000th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 9 grid connections (8 operating, 64.2 MW), 5 substations, 3 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 29 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 29 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 38 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 39 km |
| Chelford | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
| Dane Moss Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Planned | 45 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill grid connection | Grid connection | 1.97 MW | Operating | 45 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 2.1 MW | Operating | 45 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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