Grid connection · England, United Kingdom
Westhampnett Solar Farm grid connection
Westhampnett Solar Farm grid connection is a grid connection in England, United Kingdom, with 6.65 MW of capacity, held by West Sussex County Council.
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 | WESTHAMPNETT SOLAR FARM grid connection | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | England (connects at Westhampnett PV) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (connected) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | West Sussex County Council | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Former Westhampnett Landfill (matched by shared name+coordinates+technology+capacity+company, 0.44 km away) | Rare Context entity resolution · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Attached to | Chichester BSP (via a bulk supply point) | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.65 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 |
| Voltage | 33 kV | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8480, -0.7465 | SSEN Distribution data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this grid connection and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Former Westhampnett Landfill
- Permit granted: Former Westhampnett Landfill (planning authority Chichester, reference WSCC/057/16/WH)
- Permit applied for: Former Westhampnett Landfill (planning authority Chichester, reference WSCC/057/16/WH)
How it compares
Westhampnett Solar Farm grid connection is the 1,535th-largest of 2,533 grid connections in England and the 2,408th-largest of 3,903 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.65 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 | 1,535th of 2,533 | 319,370 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,408th of 3,903 | 446,745 MW | <0.1% |
| All grid connections in our data | 6,351st of 7,928 | 1,372,494 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this grid connection: 199 power plants (87 operating, 2,460 MW), 130 substations, 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Former Westhampnett Landfill | Power plant | 7.5 MW | Operating | 0.4 km |
| Strettington Solar Farm | Power plant | 5 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Market Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Chichester Food Park, Runcton Unit - Solar Panels | Power plant | 1.33 MW | Permitted | 3.1 km |
| Hunston Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Hunston BSP | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| SSE data center, Havant | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Aquind Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 22 km |
| ServerHouse | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
Holder, grid operator and place
More from West Sussex County Council
- Tangmere grid connection4 MW
- Halewick Lane, Sompting - Battery-based Energy Storage Facility50 MW · under construction
- Former Westhampnett Landfill7.5 MW
- Land at Tangmere Airfield5 MW
- Brookhurst Wood (Waste AD)4.5 MW
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- Bute Hydrogen Project 1 grid connection4,800 MW
- 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
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