Battery storage · United Kingdom
Toddington Services, Hipsey Spinney - Battery Storage
Operator Kona Energy Limited · Owner Kona Asset 2 Limited
Revised250 MWData checked 11 November 2026Source record dated 27 February 2024
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Toddington Services, Hipsey Spinney - Battery Storage is a 250 MW battery storage site 6.6 km south of Flitwick, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. Its planning application (CB/23/03787/FULL) went to Central Bedfordshire on 4 December 2023 and was withdrawn on 13 February 2024. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (UK government) is revised. There are 59 other energy sites within 10 km, 24 of them battery storage sites. The register holds no incident at this site. It holds 14 incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom, and 196 worldwide.
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The pack for this site lists 5 comparable battery incidents in the United Kingdom, grid-scale only, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-0109, Fire in single battery unit at Thurrock BESS under construction, 81 km from this site.
| Reference | Year | Incident | From the site | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIR-0109 | 2025 | Fire in single battery unit at Thurrock BESS under construction | 81 km | Significant |
| EIR-0058 | 2025 | Fire in two battery containers at Cirencester Hybrid Solar Farm, Gloucestershire | 101 km | Significant |
| EIR-0584 | 2026 | Fire in a battery container at Rufford Colliery BESS, Rainworth; owner attributes it to a short circuit in NMC cells | 137 km | Significant |
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- Technology
- Battery storage (Stand-alone Storage)
- Capacity
- 250 MW
- Capacity figure from
- Renewable Energy Planning Database (UK government)
- Status
- Revised
- Operator or applicant
- Kona Energy Limited
- Owner
- Kona Asset 2 Limited
- Location
- S/O Toddington Services, W/O The M1 Motorway & E/O Hipsey Spinney, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 6HP, United Kingdom
- Planning authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Planning application
- CB/23/03787/FULL
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The planning application page for CB/23/03787/FULL, with what the planning evidence pack adds for this site.
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Timeline
- 4 December 2023 Planning application submitted
- 13 February 2024 Application withdrawn
Incidents on the register at this site
None found. The register holds no published incident that names Toddington Services, Hipsey Spinney - Battery Storage. If you know of one, report it (confidential reports are anonymised).
Questions
- Has Toddington Services, Hipsey Spinney - Battery Storage had a fire or other incident?
- None is on the register as of 11 November 2026. The register holds no published incident that names Toddington Services, Hipsey Spinney - Battery Storage; it holds 14 incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom.
- What is the status of Toddington Services, Hipsey Spinney - Battery Storage?
- Revised, in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (UK government), where it last changed on 27 February 2024.
- Where is Toddington Services, Hipsey Spinney - Battery Storage?
- 6.6 km south of Flitwick, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom (postcode LU5 6HP).
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Renewable Energy Planning Database, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero). The dataset. The register adds only the incidents and the counts. Nearest town: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).