Planning application · Battery storage · Milton Keynes

Bradwell Road - Micro Storage Facility

Awaiting Construction0.2 MWApplication PLN/2025/2098Submitted 21 November 2025Granted 16 January 2026

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The application

Application number: PLN/2025/2098
Planning authority: Milton Keynes
County or area: Buckinghamshire
Nation: England
Technology: Battery storage (Stand-alone Storage)
Capacity: 0.2 MW
Status: Awaiting Construction (Planning Permission Granted)
Operator or applicant: AMP Clean Energy
Location: Verge Off Bradwell Road, Nr Woodward Place Junction, Milton Keynes, MK8 9LG

Timeline

21 November 2025 Planning application submitted
16 January 2026 Planning permission granted
16 January 2029 Planning permission expired Date as recorded in the register

Preview of the planning evidence pack for this site

The pack for this site lists 5 comparable battery incidents in the United Kingdom, grid-scale only, nearest first. The nearest is EIR-0058, Fire in two battery containers at Cirencester Hybrid Solar Farm, Gloucestershire, 86 km from this site.

Reference	Year	Incident	From the site	Severity
EIR-0058	2025	Fire in two battery containers at Cirencester Hybrid Solar Farm, Gloucestershire	86 km	Significant
EIR-0109	2025	Fire in single battery unit at Thurrock BESS under construction	103 km	Significant
EIR-0584	2026	Fire in a battery container at Rufford Colliery BESS, Rainworth, caused by a short circuit in NMC cells	122 km	Significant
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What the planning evidence pack adds for this application

The pack is made for Bradwell Road - Micro Storage Facility from the register and the government planning database: every comparable incident, nearest first, with its sources; the schemes refused, withdrawn or taken to appeal within 40 km, your council first; and the fire service guidance each incident bears on. One fixed, dated file, as a PDF, a web page and a Word document.

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