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Lower Dunton Road Battery Storage Facility
Lower Dunton Road Battery Storage Facility is an operational 28 MW battery storage site in Thurrock, generating since 11 August 2025. Planning permission was granted on 19 February 2021, 4 months after submission. Operator of record: Eku Energy.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 30 October 2020 |
| Permission granted | 19 February 2021 4 months after submission |
| Operational | 11 August 2025 54 months after consent |
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Thurrock approves 100% of battery storage schemes. Redline puts that number, and everything else the record holds, against your own boundary: the authority’s actual approval rate and decision times, every designation inside the red line, agricultural grade, 1 m LIDAR earthworks, how contested the grid is, and yield with a P90 — before you spend on a consultant.
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 3 agricultural land. The published survey does not split Grade 3 into 3a and 3b, so this alone does not settle whether the land counts as best and most versatile.
- Green Belt — Thurrock
REPD gives one representative coordinate per scheme, not the site boundary, so this describes the point on record rather than the whole site — a large site can straddle a designation edge. Boundaries come from planning.data.gov.uk, which publishes for England only.
Thurrock’s record on battery storage
Thurrock has decided 8 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 5.6 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Thurrock →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 10 | 0.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5.2 | 1.9 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 49.9 | 2.8 km |
Battery · Operational | 49.9 | 2.8 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.9 | 4.7 km |
Battery · Under Construction | — | 4.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 49.9 | 5.6 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 38 | 6.7 km |
How big is Lower Dunton Road Battery Storage Facility?
Lower Dunton Road Battery Storage Facility has a recorded installed capacity of 28 MW. That figure is the capacity registered in REPD, which is the scheme as consented — the metered output of a site can differ.
Who operates Lower Dunton Road Battery Storage Facility?
REPD records the operator as Eku Energy. Ownership of built renewable assets changes hands regularly and REPD is published quarterly, so treat this as the operator of record rather than confirmation of who owns it today.
When was Lower Dunton Road Battery Storage Facility approved and built?
The application was submitted on 30 October 2020. Permission was granted on 19 February 2021, 4 months later. The site became operational on 11 August 2025, 54 months after consent.
Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Open Government Licence v3.0, plus planning designation boundaries from planning.data.gov.uk (England only). REPD is published quarterly and covers schemes of roughly 150 kW and above. Capacity is the installed capacity on record, not metered generation. Operator is the operator of record at the last extract, not confirmation of present ownership. Reference 8213.
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