Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Britton Court Farm grid connection
Britton Court Farm grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, held by Britton Court Energy Centre 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 Canterbury North 132kV) | 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 | Britton Court Energy Centre Limited | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Britton Court Farm, Hackington Road - Solar Farm (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.24 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 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 | South Eastern Power Networks plc (UK Power Networks, South East England licence area) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 21 Sept 2022 | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 31 Oct 2036 (target energisation) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3140, 1.0723 | 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: Britton Court Farm, Hackington Road - Solar Farm (38 MW, 56 ha, by Canterbury City Council) · source
- Permit granted: Britton Court Farm, Hackington Road - Solar Farm (planning authority Canterbury, reference CA/24/02283)
- Permit applied for: Britton Court Farm, Hackington Road - Solar Farm (planning authority Canterbury, reference CA/24/02283)
How it compares
Britton Court Farm grid connection is the 910th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 1,297th-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 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 | 910th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,297th of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,547th 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: 209 power plants (80 operating, 7,177 MW), 119 substations, 5 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britton Court Farm, Hackington Road - Solar Farm | Power plant | 38 MW | Permitted | 0.2 km |
| Shelford WTE Plant | Power plant | 16.1 MW | Cancelled | 2.6 km |
| Shelford Generation Plant II | Power plant | 8 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Canterbury South 33kV | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Canterbury Local 11kV | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Canterbury Town 11kV | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Richborough Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 12 km |
| The Bunker - South East Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Owner groups' press releases. Owner groups' press releases, Facts only, each linked to its release.
- 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.