Land off Queenborough Road (40 MW battery storage)
Land off Queenborough Road is a 40 MW battery storage project in Swale, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: under construction since 1 December 2019; the record was last updated on 12 January 2021.
40 MWbattery storage
under constructionstatus in REPD
12 January 2021record last updated
Swalecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 8 June 2017 | Application submitted |
| 12 October 2017 | Planning permission granted |
| 1 December 2019 | Construction started |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 40 MW
- Status (REPD)
- under construction
- Record last updated
- 12 January 2021
- Operator or applicant
- UK Power Reserve
- Planning authority
- Swale
- Planning application reference
- 17/503032/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- Land Adjacent To 9 Neatscourt Cottages, Queenborough Road, Halfway, Kent
- Council area (by location)
- Swale
- Time to decision
- 18 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7003
Who decides
| Applications | Swale | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (12%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 30 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Lees Farm | solar farm | 11 | operational | 2.8 |
| Port of Sheerness Wind Farm (was Lappel Bank) | wind farm | 8.2 | operational | 4.1 |
| Kemsley Energy Park Battery Storage | battery storage | 120 | approved, not built | 4.9 |
| Kemsley Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 5.0 |
| Ridham Avenue, Swale Way - Kemsley Battery Energy Storage | battery storage | 249 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
| Power Station Road, Isle Of Grain | battery storage | 249 | approved, not built | 5.7 |
| Tonge Corner Farm | solar farm | 22 | operational | 6.0 |
| Orchard Farm | solar farm | 10 | operational | 6.5 |
| Raspberry | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 6.5 |
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 (51.4087, 0.7679).