The developers of the over 50MW subsidy-free Cleve Hill Solar Park have submitted a planning application to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy.
The application for the solar and energy storage scheme on the North Kent coast was submitted on 16 November and will now await approval for the plans to proceed.
A final decision is not expected to be made by the Secretary of State until 2019-2020.
The project is being developed by a joint venture by Hive Energy and Wirsol Energy.
Cleve Hill project director for Wirsol Energy Simon McCarthy said: “Rather than construct a solar park in accordance with an existing planning consent, the DCO process has been an incredible opportunity for Wirsol to design a scheme in response to a comprehensive consultation process.
“Wirsol, our partners at Hive and the wider team have actively engaged with all stakeholders to inform the submitted application. Wirsol have recently commissioned the largest solar/storage site in Australia – Cleve Hill could also deliver huge carbon emission savings, directly endorsed by the Paris Climate Agreement of 2015.”