Power plant · North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom
Backworth Lane, Backworth - Solar Farm
Backworth Lane, Backworth - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, with 28 MW of capacity, operated by Northumberland Estates.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Tyneside (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The East Of Backworth Lane Backworth, NE27 0BQ | 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 | 9 May 2023 (permit 22/02106/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Nov 2022 (reference 22/02106/FUL, planning authority North Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 May 2023 (granted, reference 22/02106/FUL, planning authority North Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Northumberland Estates | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 28 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 | 56.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.0442, -1.5493 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority North Tyneside, reference 22/02106/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Tyneside, reference 22/02106/FUL)
How it compares
Backworth Lane, Backworth - Solar Farm is the 1,074th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,692nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 28 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 | 1,074th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,692nd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,173rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 211 grid connections (105 operating, 1,254 MW), 129 substations and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 28.12 MW grid connection at Backworth | Grid connection | 28.1 MW | Planned | 0.4 km |
| Killingworth | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Waste 3.943 MW grid connection at Seghill | Grid connection | 3.94 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Seghill | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Benton Square | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Battery storage 50 MW grid connection at Fenwick Pit BESS Direct | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 4.2 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 48 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.
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- 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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