Land set aside for the UK’s first hydrogen-powered winery has been put up for sale.

Planning permission was granted last year to build the innovative site on a disused stretch of farmland, near Ashford.

The lot is now up for sale for £525,000.

If built on the four-and-a-half acre site, to the west of the village of Egerton, the winery would be a UK-first, according to the listing on LoopNet.

The land previously housed a grain and silo store, which have been demolished to ready the site for construction.

In 2019, planning permission was granted to build a modern winery, complete with warehouse, wine shop, tasting room and accommodation.

Planning documents from 2019 say that the building, once completed, would be run by an eight-person team, growing to 11, with visitors attending the site occasionally.

In 2022, the green light was given to install a specialist hydrogen facility that would power the entire site all year round – said to be the first of its kind for a winery in the UK.

It would consist of solar panels, steel hydrogen storage tanks and other equipment that would, according to planning documents, allow the facility to become ‘off-grid’.

However, the site remains empty and has now been put on the market for purchase alongside the granted planning permission.

The lot is listed It for sale at £525,000 – a price of around £116,000 per acre.

The listing describes it as “a freehold development opportunity for an ‘off grid’ viticultural warehouse with additional retail space, storage rooms and offices which could create the perfect self-sufficient package in an area of Kent that is well suited for wine production”.

It adds: “The site now has planning permission to become the UK’s first hydrogen powered winery and workspace.”