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Richborough Energy Park - Phase 3 (Sheaf)
Richborough Energy Park - Phase 3 (Sheaf) is a 249 MW battery storage site under construction in Thanet. Planning permission was granted on 22 September 2022, 5 months after submission. Operator of record: Pacific Green.
Planning and build timeline
| Application submitted | 25 April 2022 |
| Permission granted | 22 September 2022 5 months after submission |
| Operational | not recorded |
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What this site sits on
The recorded coordinate falls on land surveyed as Grade 2 agricultural land.
- SSSI — Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes SSSI
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.
Thanet’s record on battery storage
Thanet has decided 7 battery storage schemes and approved 100%, taking a median of 6.3 months. See every battery storage scheme decision in Thanet →
Other built sites within 15 km
| Site | MW | Distance |
|---|---|---|
Battery · Operational | 49.9 | 0.3 km |
Battery · Operational | 50.1 | 0.3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 4.9 | 0.4 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 5 | 0.6 km |
Battery · Under Construction | 49.9 | 0.7 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Under Construction | 33 | 3 km |
Solar Photovoltaics · Operational | 6.2 | 3 km |
Biomass (dedicated) · Operational | 16 | 3.1 km |
How big is Richborough Energy Park - Phase 3 (Sheaf)?
Richborough Energy Park - Phase 3 (Sheaf) has a recorded installed capacity of 249 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 Richborough Energy Park - Phase 3 (Sheaf)?
REPD records the operator as Pacific Green. 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 Richborough Energy Park - Phase 3 (Sheaf) approved and built?
The application was submitted on 25 April 2022. Permission was granted on 22 September 2022, 5 months later. The site is recorded as under construction and has no operational date yet.
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 11201.
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