Power plant · Stafford, England, United Kingdom
Lower Farm, Drointon Lane - Solar farm & Battery Energy Storage
Lower Farm, Drointon Lane - Solar farm & Battery Energy Storage is a cancelled battery storage plant in Stafford, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Innova Renewables.
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 | Stafford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Lower Farm Drointon Lane Grindley, ST18 0LX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (appeal granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 14 Jan 2025 (permit 23/36938/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Stafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Mar 2023 (reference 23/36938/FUL, planning authority Stafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Jan 2025 (granted, reference 23/36938/FUL, planning authority Stafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Aug 2024 (refused, reference 23/36938/FUL, planning authority Stafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Jan 2025 (appeal granted, reference 23/36938/FUL, planning authority Stafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Innova Renewables (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.8404, -1.9601 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Stafford, reference 23/36938/FUL)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Stafford, reference 23/36938/FUL)
- Permit refused (planning authority Stafford, reference 23/36938/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Stafford, reference 23/36938/FUL)
How it compares
Lower Farm, Drointon Lane - Solar farm & Battery Energy Storage is the 649th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 1,074th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 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 | 649th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,074th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,217th of 15,800 | 1,923,633 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 15 grid connections (9 operating, 116 MW), 7 substations, 3 data centers, 1 transmission line and 1 gas storage facility, 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 | — | — | 28 km |
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 41 km |
| Dane Moss Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Planned | 46 km |
| Ashwood Dale | Substation | — | — | 46 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 2.1 MW | Operating | 46 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 3 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 46 km |
| S.E. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 47 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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- 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.
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