How and why we're engaging
Our plans for Shepway Energy Park are still at an early stage, so we are looking for your comments to help inform our ongoing design work.
We’re committed to achieving meaningful engagement with local communities and want to hear your thoughts and ideas for the project.
Our first public consultation is running from Wednesday 28 May 2025 to Sunday 13 July 2025.
During this time, you can find out more about the project and provide your input and views.
We want to hear from the local community and other interested individuals or organisations.
We’ll consider your thoughts and ideas, and where practicable, we’ll use these to inform our proposals and designs.
Your comments are important to us, and all responses received during the consultation period will be considered.
Non-statutory Consultation
Our non-statutory consultation will run from Wednesday 28 May 2025 to Sunday 13 July 2025.
Consultation opens
Why are we seeking your views?
Hearing from our communities, landowners, and other stakeholders is a central part of the process and we encourage you to get involved.
Your comments will help us understand the local area and any potential impacts our proposals may have on the community and the environment.
There are some elements of the project that are fixed – such as the type of panels we use, or the electrical equipment we need – but lots of our design is yet to be finalised.
We’d like your thoughts on:
- Our site layout.
- Information that could help us plan for construction, including the use of local roads.
- Opportunities for environmental benefits or areas where you think our work may impact the environment.
- Anything else you think it is useful we understand to help finalise our design.
Next steps
After the consultation, we’ll carefully consider all the community feedback we’ve received, as well as input from local authorities, environmental bodies and other interest groups, and take this on board to help shape our plans.
The feedback, and how we’ve listened to this, will be summarised in a report which we’ll publish on this website.
We’ll be holding another public consultation, allowing plenty of opportunities to have your say and comment as the project progresses.
Further environmental assessments and technical work will continue across the site.