Power plant · West Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Appley Bridge
Appley Bridge is a cancelled power plant in West Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, with 4.6 MW of capacity, operated by P-Fuel.
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 | West Lancashire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Appley Biomass To Energy Ltd D, Appley Lane North, Appley Bridge, West Quarry Railway Pad, Wigan, WN6 9AE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Oct 2015 (reference LCC/2015/0088, planning authority West Lancashire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Jan 2016 (withdrawn, reference LCC/2015/0088, planning authority West Lancashire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | P-Fuel | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.6 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Advanced Conversion Technologies | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5818, -2.7251 | 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.
- Withdrawn (planning authority West Lancashire, reference LCC/2015/0088)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Lancashire, reference LCC/2015/0088)
How it compares
Appley Bridge is the 2,258th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 3,357th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.6 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 | 2,258th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,357th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 9,062nd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 372 grid connections (205 operating, 1,804 MW), 350 substations, 17 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Quarry grid connection | Grid connection | 4.5 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Thompson House Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.93 MW | Operating | 3.4 km |
| Standish Hall Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 10 MW | Planned | 3.6 km |
| Wrightington | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Standish | Substation | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Wrightington BSP | Substation | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 20 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.