Power plant · Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Aller Farm
Aller Farm is a cancelled power plant in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 4.7 MW of capacity, operated by TGC Renewables.
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 | Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land at Aller Farm, East of Woodford and North of Monnksilver, Williton, TA4 4HH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (appeal refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Sept 2014 (reference 3/28/14/005, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Apr 2015 (refused, reference 3/28/14/005, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Jan 2016 (appeal refused, reference 3/28/14/005, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | TGC Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.7 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 8.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1390, -3.3248 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Aller Farm is the 2,239th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 3,332nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.7 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,239th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,332nd of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 9,005th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 267 grid connections (1 operating, 4.01 MW), 4 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 substation, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Land at Parsonage Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Proposed Solar & Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Higher BYE Farm, Watchet grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 41 km |
| CGI Datacenter | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 44 km |
| Axminster GSP | Substation | — | — | 48 km |
Operator and place
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.