Power plant · Eastleigh, England, United Kingdom
Allington Lane - Solar & Battery Farm
Allington Lane - Solar & Battery Farm is a permitted solar power plant in Eastleigh, England, United Kingdom, with 27 MW of capacity, operated by Eastleigh Borough 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Eastleigh (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | We/O Allington Lane, Eastleigh, SO50 7DA | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 26 Jul 2024 (permit F/23/96527, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Eastleigh) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 Dec 2023 (reference F/23/96527, planning authority Eastleigh) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 26 Jul 2024 (granted, reference F/23/96527, planning authority Eastleigh) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Eastleigh Borough Council (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 27 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 | 37.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.9633, -1.3016 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Eastleigh, reference F/23/96527)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Eastleigh, reference F/23/96527)
How it compares
Allington Lane - Solar & Battery Farm is the 888th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,446th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 27 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 888th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,446th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,040th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 255 grid connections (145 operating, 1,387 MW), 208 substations, 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QC & Auth 27MW PV and Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 27 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Waste 1.398 MW grid connection at Eastleigh North | Grid connection | 1.4 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Chalcroft Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 5.99 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Bishopstoke Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Hedge End Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Eastleigh North Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.7 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 7.3 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 8.8 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
Operator and place
More from Eastleigh Borough Council
- Allington Lane - Solar & Battery Farm16 MW · permitted
- Lower Russells Field1 MW
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.