Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Ford Farm grid connection
Ford Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 10 MW of capacity, held by Lumicity.
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 Bolney Grid 33kV) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Lumicity | UK Power Networks open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Ford Farm (Ashurst) (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.45 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10 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 |
| Connection date | 29 Feb 2016 | 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 | 50.9422, -0.3254 | 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.
- Commissioned: Ford Farm (Ashurst)
- Permit granted: Ford Farm (Ashurst) (planning authority Horsham, reference DC/13/2310)
- Permit granted: Ford Farm (Ashurst) (appeal granted, planning authority Horsham, reference DC/13/2310)
- Permit refused: Ford Farm (Ashurst) (planning authority Horsham, reference DC/13/2310)
- Permit applied for: Ford Farm (Ashurst) (planning authority Horsham, reference DC/13/2310)
How it compares
Ford Farm grid connection is the 1,805th-largest of 3,539 grid connections in England and the 2,551st-largest of 4,870 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10 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 | 1,805th of 3,539 | 341,715 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,551st of 4,870 | 467,981 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,152nd of 8,618 | 1,355,288 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 186 substations, 155 power plants (67 operating, 1,162 MW) and 16 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Farm (Ashurst) | Power plant | 10 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Priors Byne Farm | Power plant | 7.6 MW | Operating | 1.1 km |
| Huddlestone Farm | Power plant | 16 MW | Cancelled | 3.6 km |
| Ashington 11kV | Substation | — | — | 4.8 km |
| Steyning Grid 33kV | Substation | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Steyning 11kV | Substation | — | — | 5.5 km |
| IBM Horsham | Data center | — | — | 9.0 km |
| Digital Realty LGW15 | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Digital Realty LGW16 | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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