Power Station Road, Isle Of Grain (249 MW battery storage)
Power Station Road, Isle Of Grain is a 249 MW battery storage project in Medway, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 12 December 2025, not yet built; the record was last updated on 26 January 2026.
249 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
26 January 2026record last updated
Medwaycouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 1 July 2025 | Application submitted |
| 12 December 2025 | Planning permission granted |
| 12 December 2028 | Permission due to expire (unless work starts) |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 249 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 26 January 2026
- Operator or applicant
- Ecostor Grain West Limited
- Planning authority
- Medway
- Planning application reference
- MC/25/1338
- Address (REPD)
- Power Station Road, Isle Of Grain, Rochester
- Council area (by location)
- Medway
- Time to decision
- 23 weeks
- Name in REPD
- Power Station Road, Isle Of Grain - Battery Energy Storage
- REPD reference
- 18348
Who decides
| Applications | Medway | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 18 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 3 (17%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 1 of 10 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 1 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 1 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 10.3 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 0 / 0 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port of Sheerness Wind Farm (was Lappel Bank) | wind farm | 8.2 | operational | 2.4 |
| Perry's Farm Wind Farm | wind farm | 6.8 | refused | 2.6 |
| Land off Queenborough Road | battery storage | 40 | under construction | 5.7 |
| Malmaynes Hall Farm | solar farm | 12 | operational | 7.0 |
| South Lees Farm | solar farm | 11 | operational | 8.2 |
| Raspberry | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 8.7 |
| Orchard Farm | solar farm | 10 | operational | 8.8 |
| Kemsley Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 9.2 |
| Kemsley Energy Park Battery Storage | battery storage | 120 | approved, not built | 9.3 |
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 (51.448, 0.7146).