Bury Farm, Dickens Lane (350 MW battery storage)
Bury Farm, Dickens Lane is a 350 MW battery storage project in Central Bedfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 29 September 2025; the record was last updated on 28 October 2025.
350 MWbattery storage
refusedstatus in REPD
28 October 2025record last updated
Central Bedfordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 21 July 2025 | Application submitted |
| 29 September 2025 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 350 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 28 October 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Regener8 Power Limited
- Planning authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Planning application reference
- CB/25/02044/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- Bury Farm, Dickens Lane, Tilsworth
- Council area (by location)
- Central Bedfordshire
- Time to decision
- 10 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Bury Farm, Dickens Lane - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 17542
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilsworth | solar farm | 20.3 | application withdrawn | 1.0 |
| Trinity Hall Solar Farm | solar farm | 15 | under construction | 1.2 |
| Manor Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 3.1 |
| Leighton Road & Hawthorn | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 3.1 |
| Grounds Farm Solar farm | solar farm | 20 | approved, not built | 3.3 |
| Chalgrave Manor | solar farm | 24.6 | abandoned | 4.7 |
| Chalgrave Manor, Luton Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 5.1 |
| Avenue Power - Urban Reserve Flexible Energy Facility | battery storage | 5 | application withdrawn | 5.1 |
| Smarter Network Storage | battery storage | 6 | decommissioned | 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 (51.9079, -0.5758).