Avenue Power - Urban Reserve Flexible Energy Facility (5 MW battery storage)
Avenue Power - Urban Reserve Flexible Energy Facility is a 5 MW battery storage project in Central Bedfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 21 February 2022; the record was last updated on 28 February 2022.
5 MWbattery storage
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
28 February 2022record last updated
Central Bedfordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 11 January 2022 | Application submitted |
| 21 February 2022 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 28 February 2022
- Operator or applicant
- AMP Energy Services Limited
- Planning authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Planning application reference
- CB/21/05568/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- Avenue Power, Eastern Avenue Industrial Estate, Eastern Avenue, Dunstable
- Council area (by location)
- Central Bedfordshire
- REPD reference
- 10689
Who decides
| Applications | Central Bedfordshire | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 59 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 8 (14%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 36 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 2 of 7 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 2 of 16 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 19.6 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 1 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watling Street, Caddington Solar Farm | solar farm | 19.7 | approved, not built | 3.6 |
| Vauxhall Motors | rooftop solar | 5 | abandoned | 3.6 |
| Chapel Farm | battery storage | 49.5 | operational | 4.4 |
| Caddington Solar Farm (Phase 2) | solar farm | 5 | operational | 4.4 |
| Sundon, Chalton | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
| Sundon Sub Station Battery Storage Facility | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
| Sundon Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 5.0 |
| Bury Farm, Dickens Lane | battery storage | 350 | refused | 5.1 |
| Chalgrave Manor | solar farm | 24.6 | abandoned | 5.4 |
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 (51.887, -0.5089).