Riverside Energy Park (20 MW)
Riverside Energy Park is a 20 MW battery storage project in Bexley, England. Its status in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (July 2026 extract) is: approved on 9 April 2020, not yet built; the record was last updated on 6 April 2022. As a nationally significant project, it was decided by the Secretary of State responsible for energy at the time on a Development Consent Order after examination by the Planning Inspectorate (EN010093). REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 9 April 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form. Check the planning authority's register for the latest position.
REPD also records that the planning permission expired on 9 April 2025, so the project may not go ahead in this form.
Planning timeline
| Date | Stage |
|---|---|
| 16 November 2018 | Application submitted |
| 9 April 2020 | Development consent granted (Secretary of State) |
| 9 April 2025 | Permission expired |
Project details
- Technology
- battery storage (co-located with re)
- Capacity
- 20 MW
- Status (REPD)
- approved, not built
- Record last updated
- 6 April 2022
- Operator or applicant
- Cory Riverside Energy
- Planning authority
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure
- Planning application reference
- EN010093
- Address (REPD)
- Norman Road, Bexley, London
- Council area (by location)
- Bexley
- Time to decision
- 73 weeks
- REPD reference
- 7036
Official project record at the Planning Inspectorate (EN010093)
Who decides
As a nationally significant project, it was decided by the Secretary of State responsible for energy at the time on a Development Consent Order after examination by the Planning Inspectorate (EN010093). All Energy Secretary decisions on solar and wind farms. The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure refused 7% of 46 decided solar, wind and battery applications in REPD (median 73 weeks to a decision). Across all UK planning authorities 19% of 10,236 decided applications were refused.
Other large projects within 10 km
| Project | Type | MW | Status | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Wind Park - Dagenham | wind farm | 5.9 | operational | 1.6 |
| Atcost Road | battery storage | 100 | application submitted | 3.6 |
| Aveley Landfill, Sandy Lane PV Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage | solar farm | 16 | approved, not built | 5.8 |
| Manor Farm, Dartford Road | battery storage | 212 | application submitted | 7.2 |
| Albion Road | battery storage | 5 | application withdrawn | 8.3 |
| Littlebrook Battery Storage | battery storage | 7.5 | operational | 8.3 |
| Land Adjacent Davanden Kennels | battery storage | 7.5 | abandoned | 9.2 |
| North Cray Road | battery storage | 200 | refused | 9.4 |
| Medebridge Road Solar Farm | solar farm | 49.9 | operational | 9.6 |
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 (51.5045, 0.1533).