Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
(ANM) Primrose Hall grid connection
(ANM) Primrose Hall grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 17.6 MW of capacity, held by Primrose Solar Farm Limited.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | England (connects at Lawford Grid 33kV) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Primrose Solar Farm Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Primrose Hall Solar Farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 1.72 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 17.6 MW | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 11 Oct 2020 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Dec 2028 (target energisation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.9297, 1.1739 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
Research on this grid connection and its holder.Who holds it up to the parent company, the project behind it and its connection date, and an introduction to the holder.
Latest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted: Primrose Hall Solar Farm (planning authority Tendring, reference 20/01384/FUL)
- Permit applied for: Primrose Hall Solar Farm (planning authority Tendring, reference 20/01384/FUL)
How it compares
(ANM) Primrose Hall grid connection is the 1,501st-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 2,142nd-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 17.6 MW is <0.1% of the 467,981 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the grid connections in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,501st of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,142nd of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 5,687th of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this grid connection from its sources, oldest first.
- Entered the connection queue
- Due to connect
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 168 power plants (60 operating, 2,698 MW), 90 substations and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primrose Hall Solar Farm | Power plant | 20 MW | Cancelled | 1.7 km |
| Burnt Ash Farm | Power plant | 13.5 MW | Cancelled | 1.8 km |
| Wix Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Green Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Dovercourt Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Shotley Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 7.3 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 23 km |
| LionLink Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 39 km |
| Sea Link | Transmission line | — | Planned | 44 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
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Data on this page
- California ISO. CAISO queue report, CAISO Privacy and Terms of Use.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- ERCOT GIS report. ERCOT GIS report, ERCOT Terms of Use.
- Supported by National Energy SO Open Data. NESO TEC Register, NESO Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- NYISO interconnection queue. NYISO interconnection queue, Free reuse.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- PJM New Services Queue. PJM New Services Queue, Free reuse.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- SP Energy Networks, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Energy Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.