Ridham Avenue, Swale Way - Kemsley Battery Energy Storage (249 MW)
Ridham Avenue, Swale Way - Kemsley Battery Energy Storage is a 249 MW battery storage project in Swale, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 17 September 2024, not yet built; the record was last updated on 11 February 2025.
249 MWbattery storage
approved, not builtstatus in REPD
11 February 2025record last updated
Swalecouncil area
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 16 January 2024 | Application submitted |
| 17 September 2024 | Planning permission granted |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (stand-alone storage)
- Capacity
- 249 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 11 February 2025
- Operator or applicant
- Ouse Energy Limited
- Planning authority
- Swale
- Planning application reference
- 23/505752/FULL
- Address (REPD)
- The S/O Ridham Avenue, E/O Swale Way, Sittingbourne
- Council area (by location)
- Swale
- Time to decision
- 35 weeks
- REPD reference
- 15779
Who decides
| Applications | Swale | UK |
|---|---|---|
| Decided applications (solar, wind, battery) | 40 | 10,236 |
| Refused | 5 (12%) | 19% |
| Solar refused | 4 of 30 | 12% |
| Onshore wind refused | 1 of 3 | 45% |
| Battery storage refused | 0 of 7 | 16% |
| Median time from submission to decision | 15.1 weeks | 17.0 weeks |
| Appeals lodged / allowed | 3 / 3 | — |
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kemsley Energy Park Battery Storage | battery storage | 120 | approved, not built | 0.6 |
| Kemsley Substation | battery storage | 49.9 | operational | 0.7 |
| Plot 2B EurolinkV | battery storage | 20 | under construction | 2.2 |
| Tonge Corner Farm | solar farm | 22 | operational | 2.3 |
| Orchard Farm | solar farm | 10 | operational | 3.6 |
| Raspberry | solar farm | 49.9 | approved, not built | 3.8 |
| Bobbing solar farm | solar farm | 11.3 | operational | 4.2 |
| Land off Queenborough Road | battery storage | 40 | under construction | 5.4 |
| South Lees Farm | solar farm | 11 | operational | 6.0 |
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 (51.3617, 0.7492).