Kings Dyke, Whittlesey (10 MW battery storage)
Kings Dyke, Whittlesey is a 10 MW battery storage project in Fenland, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 2 May 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 12 May 2025.
10 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
12 May 2025record last updated
Fenlandcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 November 2024 | Application submitted |
| 2 May 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 2 May 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 10 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 12 May 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Power Initiatives Limited
- Planning authority
- Fenland
- Planning application reference
- F/YR24/0932/F
- Address (REPD)
- South Of 99 Kings Dyke Whittlesey
- Council area (by location)
- Fenland
- Time to decision
- 23 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Kings Dyke, Whittlesey - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 17656
Who decides
| Applications | Fenland | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 49 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 10 (20%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 3 of 23 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 6 of 21 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 23.4 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whittlesey | wind farm | 9 | operational | 0.4 |
| Third Drove, Fengate | battery storage | 50 | approved, not built | 3.0 |
| Haddon Solar park | solar farm | 22 | refused | 3.1 |
| America Farm | solar farm | 8 | application withdrawn | 3.4 |
| Willow Hall Farm | wind farm | 10 | application withdrawn | 4.9 |
| Glass Moor | wind farm | 16 | operational | 5.8 |
| Glass moor Extension | wind farm | 12 | operational | 5.8 |
| Gores Wind Farm | wind farm | 16 | application withdrawn | 5.8 |
| Dogsthorpe, Welland Road Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 14 | approved, not built | 6.7 |
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 (52.5564, -0.1672).