Lower Dunton Road Battery Storage Facility (28 MW)
Lower Dunton Road Battery Storage Facility is a 28 MW battery storage project in Basildon, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: operational since 11 August 2025; the record was last updated on 13 February 2026.
28 MWbattery storage
operationalstatus in REPD
13 February 2026record last updated
Basildoncouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 30 October 2020 | Application submitted |
| 19 February 2021 | Planning permission granted |
| 11 August 2025 | Operational |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 28 MW
- Status (REPD)
- operational
- Record last updated
- 13 February 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Eku Energy
- Planning authority
- Thurrock
- Planning application reference
- 20/01491/FUL
- Address (REPD)
- Sub Station, Lower Dunton Road, Basildon
- Council area (by location)
- Basildon
- Time to decision
- 16 weeks
- REPD reference
- 8213
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Dunton Road | battery storage | 368 | application submitted | 0.1 |
| Fairwind Farm | solar farm | 10 | operational | 0.3 |
| Lime Kilns Energy Centre | battery storage | 6 | approved, not built | 1.0 |
| Ford Research And Engineering Centre, Dunton Solar Farm | solar farm | 5.2 | operational | 1.9 |
| Crouch Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | operational | 2.8 |
| Bulphan Fen Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 4.7 |
| Whites Farm | battery storage | 49.9 | refused | 5.1 |
| Barleylands Solar Farm | solar farm | 17 | approved, not built | 5.4 |
| Fen Lane, Bulphan Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | under construction | 5.6 |
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 (51.5665, 0.3913).