Power plant · Bromley, England, United Kingdom
Layhams Road - Battery Storage Facility
Layhams Road - Battery Storage Facility is a permitted power plant in Bromley, England, United Kingdom, with 250 MW of capacity, operated by Penso Power.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Bromley (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O Warbank Social Club, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 9 Mar 2026 (permit 24/04681/FULL1, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Bromley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Feb 2025 (reference 24/04681/FULL1, planning authority Bromley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Mar 2026 (appeal granted, reference 24/04681/FULL1, planning authority Bromley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Mar 2026 (granted, reference 24/04681/FULL1, planning authority Bromley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Penso Power (Penso Power (BW ESS)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 250 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3386, 0.0075 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Bromley, reference 24/04681/FULL1)
- Permit granted (planning authority Bromley, reference 24/04681/FULL1)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Bromley, reference 24/04681/FULL1)
How it compares
Layhams Road - Battery Storage Facility is the 158th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 246th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 250 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 158th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.13% |
| United Kingdom | 246th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 588th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 133 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 78 substations, 30 grid connections (18 operating, 185 MW), 1 transmission line and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulsant South London | Data center | — | — | 9.0 km |
| Segro Croydon (Morgan Stanley) | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| CapitalLand - Croyden | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Solar 6.935 MW grid connection at Maiden Newton | Grid connection | 6.94 MW | Operating | 18 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 21 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 25 km |
| Harvard lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Southfield Road Primary | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Goldsmiths Primary | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.