CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Herne Bay and Sandwich
Herne Bay and Sandwich has 2.2 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 800 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.0m across the constituency's 43,337 homes.
Ranks 331 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richborough Energy Park - Phase 3 (Sheaf)Pacific Green | Battery | 249 MW | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref F/TH/22/0579 |
| Woodlands Farm, Calcott Hill - Battery Energy StorageSky UK Development Limited | Battery | 228 MW | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref CA/25/00418 |
| Owls Hatch Road, Thanet Way - Battery Energy Storage FacilityRoot Power South Limited | Battery | 50 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref CA/24/02262 |
| Marley Lane Solar Farm & Battery StorageEnso Energy Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Refused by Canterbury Council in 2025Who can move it: Canterbury Council · planning ref CA/25/00570 |
| Ebbsfleet Lane - Battery Storage SystemGrenergy Renewables UK Limited | Battery | 50 MW | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref F/TH/25/0714 |
| Harrington Franklin, Richborough Energy Park - Battery StorageEDP Renewables | Battery | 50 MW | Its grid connection date of 2025 has passed and it is still not generatingWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) and National Grid · earliest connection 2025 · planning ref 22/00705 |
| Manston Road - Hydrogen Facility, Educational & OfficesHydrogen TE (Manston) Limited | Hydrogen | 34 MW | Applied in 2026, still waiting for a decisionWho can move it: Thanet Council · planning ref TH/26/351 (KCC/TH/0050/2026) |
| Minster Abbey, Bedlam Court Lane - Solar PV panelsThe Benedictine Nuns of St Mildreds Priory | Solar | 33 MW12,000 homes | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref F/TH/21/1365 |
| Hengrove Farm, Shottendane Road - Solar FarmIndustria Solar Bedworth Limited | Solar | 30 MW11,000 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref F/TH/23/1209 |
| Wharf Road, Discovery Park - Battery Energy StorageKent Renewable Energy Limited | Battery | 10 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/01446 |
Plus 5 smaller projects — see the full seat page.
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herne Bay and Sandwich | 2.2 MW | 129 MW | not visible |
| Dover and Deal | 25 MW | 15 MW | not visible |
| Canterbury | 1.4 MW | 17 MW | not visible |
| East Thanet | 1.3 MW | 0.6 MW | not visible |
Dover and Deal next door has 25 MW waiting, more than Herne Bay and Sandwich's 2.2 MW.
The rest of the briefing
- Every approval each project still needs, and which of them the public can see
- What building them would mean here — community payments, business rates and construction work
- Drafted parliamentary questions and letters, filled in with this seat's figures
- 2 story angles for local reporting
- A two-page PDF, and a newsroom edition with the references and who to call
Everything above needs no account, and neither does the full seat page, the method or this constituency's raw data. The account covers the packaged briefing and its PDF, and nothing else.