Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Higher Stockbridge Farm PV grid connection
Higher Stockbridge Farm PV grid connection is a planned grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 35 MW of capacity, held by Voltalia UK.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | HIGHER STOCKBRIDGE FARM PV grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Axminster) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (accepted to connect) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Voltalia UK | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Axminster GSP (via a grid supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Higher Stockbridge Farm (matched by name+coordinates+technology+capacity, 0.1 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 35 MW | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | Southern Electric Power Distribution plc | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Queue date | 25 Jan 2022 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Connection date | 30 Oct 2026 (target energisation) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Voltage | 132 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8980, -2.5150 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted: Higher Stockbridge Farm (planning authority Dorset, reference WD/D/19/003181)
- Permit applied for: Higher Stockbridge Farm (planning authority Dorset, reference WD/D/19/003181)
How it compares
Higher Stockbridge Farm PV grid connection is the 809th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 1,254th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 35 MW is <0.1% of the 446,745 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 | 809th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,254th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 4,736th of 7,928 | 1,372,494 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: 306 power plants (147 operating, 982 MW), 81 substations and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Stockbridge Farm | Power plant | 35 MW | Permitted | 0.1 km |
| Alton Mead Lane | Power plant | 5 MW | Cancelled | 3.4 km |
| Yetminster Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.7 km |
| Caswell Farm, Common Lane - Battery Energy Storage | Power plant | 20 MW | Planned | 5.0 km |
| Sherborne Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.1 km |
| Pulham Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.9 km |
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 48 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 49 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
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- Drax BECCS grid connection3,906 MW
- Drax Power Station grid connection3,906 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 2 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 3 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 5 grid connection3,600 MW
- Bute Hydrogen Project 6 grid connection3,600 MW
- Hinkley Point C grid connection3,340 MW
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.
- 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.