Power plant · East Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Alton Materials Recovery Facility
Alton Materials Recovery Facility is a power plant in East Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, with 33 MW of capacity, operated by Veolia.
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 | East Hampshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Alton Materials Recovery Facility, A31, Alton, GU34 4JD | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Unknown (revised) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 May 2020 (reference 33619/007, planning authority East Hampshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Mar 2022 (refused, reference 33619/007, planning authority East Hampshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Veolia | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 33 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1685, -0.9322 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit refused (planning authority East Hampshire, reference 33619/007)
- Permit applied for (planning authority East Hampshire, reference 33619/007)
How it compares
Alton Materials Recovery Facility is the 364th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 687th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 33 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 364th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 687th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,641st of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 257 substations, 236 grid connections (128 operating, 1,306 MW), 73 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alton BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Alton Local Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Truncheaunts Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 3.2 km |
| Wilsom Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 7.89 MW | Operating | 3.4 km |
| Manor Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 64 MW | Planned | 4.6 km |
| Wrecclesham Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.8 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1164817477) | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Datum Farnborough Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Ark Data Centres data center, England | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.
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