Power plant · Fareham, England, United Kingdom
ATS, Sopwith Way - Ground Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Arrays
ATS, Sopwith Way - Ground Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Arrays is a permitted power plant in Fareham, England, United Kingdom, with 3.27 MW of capacity, operated by NATS.
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 | Fareham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | No/ Nats, Sopwith Way, Southampton, SO31 7AY | 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 Jun 2024 (permit P/23/1267/FP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Fareham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 18 Sept 2023 (reference P/23/1267/FP, planning authority Fareham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Jun 2024 (granted, reference P/23/1267/FP, planning authority Fareham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | NATS | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.27 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 | 8.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8848, -1.2807 | 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 Fareham, reference P/23/1267/FP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Fareham, reference P/23/1267/FP)
How it compares
ATS, Sopwith Way - Ground Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Arrays is the 1,744th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,673rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.27 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 | 1,744th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,673rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,833rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 239 grid connections (133 operating, 1,179 MW), 190 substations, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nats Swanwick Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3.84 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Park Gate Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Whitely Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Astrohouse | Data center | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Serverhouse | Data center | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Botley Wood GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Netley PV grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| Batley's Power Station grid connection | Grid connection | 19 MW | Operating | 3.8 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
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- 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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