Power plant · Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Ashley Garage - Solar PV Array
Ashley Garage - Solar PV Array is a cancelled solar power plant in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, with 1.07 MW of capacity, operated by Ashley Garage Limited.
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 | Wiltshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Ashley Garage, Corsham, SN13 8AA | 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| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |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 | 11 Sept 2023 (reference PL/2023/07741, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Feb 2024 (withdrawn, reference PL/2023/07741, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ashley Garage Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.07 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 | 2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4149, -2.2566 | 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- Withdrawn (planning authority Wiltshire, reference PL/2023/07741)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Wiltshire, reference PL/2023/07741)
How it compares
Ashley Garage - Solar PV Array is the 3,875th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 5,610th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.07 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 3,875th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,610th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 15,484th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 167 grid connections (104 operating, 1,164 MW), 85 substations, 8 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Quarry West Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Solar 7 MW grid connection at Spring Quarry West | Grid connection | 7 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 2.7 km |
| Corsham Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Leafield Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 5.4 km |
| Ganbrook grid connection | Grid connection | 45 MW | Planned | 5.5 km |
| Norrington BSP | Substation | — | — | 6.9 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 18 km |
Operator and place
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
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- 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. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, 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.
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