MILL HILL BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS):
Land adjacent to the National Grid Sub-station, Partingdale Lane

Installation of a battery storage facility including inverter and transformer stations, battery storage containers, other associated infrastructure works, security fencing and lighting.

The application 20/4241/FUL was made in September 2020 and takes a large area of open land in the Green Belt adjacent to the existing national grid sub-station and is meant to work in conjunction with the proposed Gas Peaking Plant. The installation is within the Mill Hill Substation pastures that are designated a Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation. The Society has argued against the location of the BESS and suggested an alternative site that would make the footprint more compact and leave the existing site untouched. The application was Refused 7th April 2022.

In August 2022 the Applicant went to Appeal which the Inspector Allowed – 13th March 2023.