Power plant · Folkestone and Hythe, England, United Kingdom
South Kent Energy Park
South Kent Energy Park is a planned battery storage plant in Folkestone and Hythe, England, United Kingdom, covering 855 ha, operated by South Kent Energy Park Limited.
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 | Folkestone and Hythe (coordinates), England (South East) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The site is in the administrative areas of Kent County Council and Folkstone and Hythe District Council, on farmland on Romney Marsh around the village of Old Romney. Approximately half the site is to the north of the A259 and the remaining half to the south of it. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Aug 2027 (reference EN0110035, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, expected August 2027) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | South Kent Energy Park Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 855 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.9886, 0.8958 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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.
Request researchHow it compares by area
South Kent Energy Park is the 73rd-largest of 2,299 power plants in England and the 80th-largest of 2,672 in the United Kingdom by area, with 855 ha. It reports no capacity, so it is ranked by area among the power plants in our data that report one, whatever their status. Areas of shared titles overlap, so they are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| England | 73rd of 2,299 |
| United Kingdom | 80th of 2,672 |
| All power plants in our data | 101st of 2,694 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 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 | — | — | 38 km |
| CXD Infrastructure Solutions | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
| Richborough Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 43 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- © 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee). Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee), CC0 1.0.