North Cray Road (200 MW battery storage)
North Cray Road is a 200 MW battery storage project in Bexley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: refused on 17 October 2025; the record was last updated on 6 January 2026.
200 MWbattery storage
refusedstatus in REPD
6 January 2026record last updated
Bexleycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 17 April 2025 | Application submitted |
| 17 October 2025 | Refused by the planning authority |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Status (REPD)
- refused
- Record last updated
- 6 January 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Firstway Energy
- Planning authority
- Bexley
- Planning application reference
- 25/00833/FULM
- Address (REPD)
- Manor Farm, North Cray Road, Sidcup
- Council area (by location)
- Bexley
- Time to decision
- 26 weeks
- Name in REPD
- North Cray Road - Battery Energy Storage System
- REPD reference
- 18751
Who decides
Bexley has 8 decided solar, wind or battery applications in REPD — too few for a refusal rate (we show one from 10 decisions). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decisions were refusals.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Farm, Dartford Road | battery storage | 212 | application submitted | 2.6 |
| Darenth Road | battery storage | 99.9 | approved, not built | 6.9 |
| Horton Wood Solar park | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 7.6 |
| Bean Lane | battery storage | 104 | application withdrawn | 9.0 |
| Land Adjacent Davanden Kennels | battery storage | 7.5 | abandoned | 9.0 |
| Albion Road | battery storage | 5 | application withdrawn | 9.0 |
| Littlebrook Battery Storage | battery storage | 7.5 | operational | 9.1 |
| Riverside Energy Park | battery storage | 20 | approved, not built | 9.4 |
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 (51.4208, 0.1338).