Battery storage · United Kingdom

Layhams Road - Battery Storage Facility

Awaiting Construction250 MWChecked 6 October 2026Last changed in the dataset 27 April 2026

The site

Technology: Battery storage (Stand-alone Storage)
Capacity: 250 MW
Status: Awaiting Construction (Appeal Granted)
Operator or applicant: Penso Power (BW ESS)
Location: N/O Warbank Social Club, Layhams Road, Keston, London, BR2 6AR, United Kingdom
Planning authority: Bromley
Planning application: 24/04681/FULL1
Appeal reference: 25/00112/NONDET

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Timeline

11 February 2025 Planning application submitted
9 March 2026 Planning permission granted
9 March 2026 Appeal granted
9 March 2029 Planning permission expired

Incidents on the register at this site

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Incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom

The register holds 14 incidents at battery storage sites in the United Kingdom, 9 of them fires, and 177 worldwide. Counts of incidents in published reporting, not rates.

Fire in home battery storage system connected to solar panelsEIR-1520 · 2026
Gas leak at Cockenzie battery storage site under constructionEIR-0681 · 2026
Short circuit in lithium battery cells reported as cause of fire at Rufford Colliery BESSEIR-0584 · 2026
Smoke and fire incident at Battery Box, Pinhoe Road, ExeterEIR-0249 · 2026
Battery storage site fire in East Tilbury brought under control after 24 hoursEIR-0530 · 2025

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