Power plant · Swale, England, United Kingdom
Old Rides Farm, Leysdown Road - Battery Energy Storage System
Old Rides Farm, Leysdown Road - Battery Energy Storage System is a planned battery storage plant in Swale, England, United Kingdom, with 1,000 MW of capacity, operated by Nat Power.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Swale (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Old Rides Farm, Leysdown Road, Eastchurch, Sheerness, ME12 4BD | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 28 Aug 2025 (reference 25/503466/FULL, planning authority Swale) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Nat Power (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,000 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 | 51.4001, 0.8817 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Swale, reference 25/503466/FULL)
How it compares
Old Rides Farm, Leysdown Road - Battery Energy Storage System is the 31st-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 51st-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,000 MW is 0.36% of the 279,068 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 | 31st of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | 0.58% |
| United Kingdom | 51st of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | 0.36% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 82nd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | 0.15% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 8 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Richborough Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 27 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.