Land Adjacent Davanden Kennels (7.5 MW battery storage)
Land Adjacent Davanden Kennels is a 7.5 MW battery storage project in Dartford, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: abandoned; the record was last updated on 12 February 2020.
7.5 MWbattery storage
abandonedstatus in REPD
12 February 2020record last updated
Dartfordcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 3 May 2018 | Application submitted |
| 28 June 2021 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 7.5 MW
- Status (REPD)
- abandoned
- Record last updated
- 12 February 2020
- Operator or applicant
- Arlington Energy (formerly Enso Energy)
- Planning authority
- Dartford
- Planning application reference
- 18/00418/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Land adj Davanden Kennels, Cotton Lane, Greenhithe, Kent
- Council area (by location)
- Dartford
- REPD reference
- 7031
Who decides
| Applications | Dartford | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 18 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 1 (6%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 0 of 13 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 9.0 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Road | battery storage | 5 | application withdrawn | 1.0 |
| Littlebrook Battery Storage | battery storage | 7.5 | operational | 1.0 |
| Bean Lane | battery storage | 104 | application withdrawn | 1.3 |
| Darenth Road | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 2.6 |
| New Barn Road | battery storage | 35 | approved, not built | 5.2 |
| Dartford BESS | battery storage | 300 | application withdrawn | 5.2 |
| Foxhounds Lane, Southfleet | battery storage | 300 | refused | 5.4 |
| Thames Way, Northfleet | battery storage | 100 | application submitted | 5.7 |
| Tilbury Docks | wind farm | 12 | operational | 5.7 |
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 (51.4509, 0.2547).