Lime Kilns Energy Centre (6 MW battery storage)
Lime Kilns Energy Centre is a 6 MW battery storage project in Thurrock, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 19 December 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 8 July 2025.
6 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
8 July 2025record last updated
Thurrockcouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 8 October 2024 | Application submitted |
| 19 December 2024 | Planning permission granted |
| 19 December 2027 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 6 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 8 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Flexitricity
- Planning authority
- Thurrock
- Planning application reference
- 24/01069/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Flexitricity Lime Kilns Energy Centre Lower Dunton Road Bulphan
- Council area (by location)
- Thurrock
- Time to decision
- 10 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Lime Kilns Energy Centre - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 17397
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairwind Farm | solar farm | 10 | operational | 0.8 |
| Lower Dunton Road Battery Storage Facility | battery storage | 28 | operational | 1.0 |
| Lower Dunton Road | battery storage | 368 | application submitted | 1.1 |
| Ford Research And Engineering Centre, Dunton Solar Farm | solar farm | 5.2 | operational | 2.8 |
| Crouch Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | operational | 3.8 |
| Bulphan Fen Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 4.2 |
| Fen Lane, Bulphan Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 5.2 |
| Clay Tye Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | application submitted | 5.3 |
| Whites Farm | battery storage | 49.9 | refused | 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 (51.5572, 0.3935).