Gateway Energy Centre (450 MW battery storage)
Gateway Energy Centre is a 450 MW battery storage project in Thurrock, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 13 January 2023, not yet built; the record was last updated on 17 December 2021.
450 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
17 December 2021record last updated
Thurrockcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 17 November 2021 | Application submitted |
| 13 January 2023 | Planning permission granted |
| 13 January 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 450 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 17 December 2021
- Operator or applicant
- Intergen Limited
- Planning authority
- Thurrock
- Planning application reference
- 21/01971/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- East 2 Baltic Avenue Stanford Le Hope
- Council area (by location)
- Thurrock
- Time to decision
- 60 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Gateway Energy Centre - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 10309
Who decides
| Applications | Thurrock | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 28 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (11%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 2 of 18 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 0 of 2 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 8 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 20.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land adjacent to the former Coryton Refinery | solar farm | 5 | abandoned | 1.8 |
| Marsh Farm, Fobbing Solar Arrays & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | application withdrawn | 2.3 |
| Barvills Solar Farm | solar farm | 5 | operational | 6.5 |
| Tilbury Energy Centre | battery storage | 100 | abandoned | 7.0 |
| Lime Kilns Energy Centre | battery storage | 6 | approved, not built | 8.8 |
| Nevendon | battery storage | 10 | operational | 9.3 |
| Nevendon Battery Storage Extension | battery storage | 5 | operational | 9.3 |
| Fairwind Farm | solar farm | 10 | operational | 9.4 |
| Lower Dunton Road | battery storage | 368 | application submitted | 9.5 |
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 (51.5101, 0.4951).