Hillcrest, Church Road (50 MW battery storage)
Hillcrest, Church Road is a 50 MW battery storage project in Central Bedfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: application withdrawn on 17 January 2025; the record was last updated on 27 January 2025.
50 MWbattery storage
application withdrawnstatus in REPD
27 January 2025record last updated
Central Bedfordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 6 November 2024 | Application submitted |
| 17 January 2025 | Application withdrawn |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- application withdrawn
- Record last updated
- 27 January 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Root Power South Limited
- Planning authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Planning application reference
- CB/24/02977/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- Rear of Hillcrest, Church Road, Sundon
- Council area (by location)
- Central Bedfordshire
- Name in REPD
- Hillcrest, Church Road - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 17589
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundon Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 1.4 |
| Toddington Services, Hipsey Spinney | battery storage | 250 | approved, not built | 1.7 |
| Sundon, Chalton | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 1.8 |
| Sundon Sub Station Battery Storage Facility | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 1.8 |
| Chapel Farm | battery storage | 49.5 | operational | 1.8 |
| Vauxhall Motors | rooftop solar | 5 | abandoned | 2.5 |
| Chalgrave Manor, Luton Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 2.7 |
| Chalgrave Manor | solar farm | 24.6 | abandoned | 3.0 |
| Greenfield Road - Samphill Solar Farm | solar farm | 38.4 | refused | 3.8 |
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 (51.9366, -0.48).