Power plant · Stratford-on-Avon, England, United Kingdom
Atherstone Hill Solar Farm
Atherstone Hill Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Stratford-on-Avon, England, United Kingdom, with 26 MW of capacity, operated by Elgin Energy Services.
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 | Stratford-on-Avon (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Comfort Farm Campden Road Clifford Chambers, CV37 8LW | 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 | 11 Apr 2023 (permit 22/03309/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Stratford-on-Avon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 27 Jan 2023 (reference 22/03309/FUL, planning authority Stratford-on-Avon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Apr 2023 (granted, reference 22/03309/FUL, planning authority Stratford-on-Avon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Elgin Energy Services | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 26 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 | 56.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.1642, -1.7208 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority Stratford-on-Avon, reference 22/03309/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Stratford-on-Avon, reference 22/03309/FUL)
How it compares
Atherstone Hill Solar Farm is the 1,098th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,727th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 26 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 1,098th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,727th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,342nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 34 grid connections (17 operating, 152 MW), 24 substations and 5 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evoque Data Center Solutions | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Chipping Norton Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Bledington Primary | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Ionos data center, England | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| Rissington Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Hill Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 4.51 MW | Operating | 35 km |
| Duns TEW Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Planned | 35 km |
| Spring Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 13.2 MW | Planned | 35 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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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.
- 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.