Dunton Lane (200 MW battery storage)
Dunton Lane is a 200 MW battery storage project in Central Bedfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 21 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 5 August 2025.
200 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
5 August 2025record last updated
Central Bedfordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 13 November 2024 | Application submitted |
| 21 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 21 July 2030 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 5 August 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Harmony BW Limited
- Planning authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Planning application reference
- CB/24/03111/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- South of Dunton Lane
- Council area (by location)
- Central Bedfordshire
- Time to decision
- 36 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Dunton Lane - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 17651
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunton Lane | battery storage | 177 | approved, not built | 0.8 |
| Langford Wind Farm | wind farm | 20 | operational | 2.0 |
| Langford Solar Farm | solar farm | 13 | operational | 4.1 |
| Lowfield Farm Solar Farm | solar farm | 26.5 | approved, not built | 7.2 |
| Moggerhanger Road, Sandy Solar Farm | solar farm | 7 | application submitted | 7.8 |
| Tophams Solar Farm | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 8.3 |
| Waterloo solar park | solar farm | 14.6 | operational | 8.5 |
| Solar Farm & Battery Storage at N/O Northill Road | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 9.7 |
| Highfield Wind Farm | wind farm | 12.5 | appeal withdrawn | 9.9 |
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 (52.0743, -0.2299).