Owls Hatch Road, Thanet Way (50 MW battery storage)
Owls Hatch Road, Thanet Way is a 50 MW battery storage project in Canterbury, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 3 July 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 29 July 2025.
50 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
29 July 2025record last updated
Canterburycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 19 December 2024 | Application submitted |
| 3 July 2025 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 50 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 29 July 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Root Power South Limited
- Planning authority
- Canterbury
- Planning application reference
- CA/24/02262
- Address (REPD)
- R/O Share & Coulter Owls Hatch Road, S/O Thanet Way, Herne Bay
- Council area (by location)
- Canterbury
- Time to decision
- 28 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Owls Hatch Road, Thanet Way - Battery Energy Storage Facility
- REPD reference
- 18017
Who decides
| Applications | Canterbury | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 26 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 2 (8%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 21 | 12% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 5 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 12.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owls Hatch Road | solar farm | 48 | operational | 0.3 |
| Thanet Way, Herne Bay Solar Farm | solar farm | 20 | permission expired | 0.5 |
| Molehill Farm | solar farm | 18 | operational | 0.8 |
| Woodlands Farm, Calcott Hill | battery storage | 228 | approved, not built | 3.4 |
| Woodlands Farm Solar Park | solar farm | 10 | operational | 3.7 |
| Britton Court Farm, Hackington Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 38 | approved, not built | 4.6 |
| Marley Lane Solar Farm & Battery Storage | solar farm | 49.9 | refused | 6.7 |
| Littlebourne | solar farm | 17 | operational | 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 (51.3528, 1.0952).