Toddington Services, Hipsey Spinney (250 MW battery storage)
Toddington Services, Hipsey Spinney is a 250 MW battery storage project in Central Bedfordshire, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 6 January 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 20 January 2025.
250 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
20 January 2025record last updated
Central Bedfordshirecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 15 February 2024 | Application submitted |
| 6 January 2025 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 250 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 20 January 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Kona Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Planning application reference
- CB/24/00414/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- S/O Toddington Services, W/O The M1 Motorway & E/O Hipsey Spinney, Dunstable
- Council area (by location)
- Central Bedfordshire
- Time to decision
- 47 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Toddington Services, Hipsey Spinney - Battery Storage
- REPD reference
- 15883
Earlier applications for this site
| Application | MW | Submitted | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toddington Services, Hipsey Spinney CB/23/03787/FULL | 250 | 4 December 2023 | withdrawn 13 February 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalgrave Manor, Luton Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 40 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Sundon Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 1.4 |
| Sundon, Chalton | battery storage | 500 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Sundon Sub Station Battery Storage Facility | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 1.4 |
| Hillcrest, Church Road | battery storage | 50 | application withdrawn | 1.7 |
| Chalgrave Manor | solar farm | 24.6 | abandoned | 1.8 |
| Chapel Farm | battery storage | 49.5 | operational | 2.0 |
| Vauxhall Motors | rooftop solar | 5 | abandoned | 3.6 |
| Greenfield Road - Samphill Solar Farm | solar farm | 38.4 | refused | 3.6 |
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 (51.9439, -0.5011).