Power plant · Chichester, England, United Kingdom
Baker Barracks Solar Development
Baker Barracks Solar Development is a permitted power plant in Chichester, England, United Kingdom, with 1.5 MW of capacity, operated by Defence Estates Infrastructure Organisation.
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 | Chichester (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Baker Barracks, Emsworth Road, Emsworth, PO10 8DH | 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 | 22 Feb 2021 (permit 20/03047/FULEIA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Chichester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Nov 2020 (reference 20/03047/FULEIA, planning authority Chichester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Feb 2021 (granted, reference 20/03047/FULEIA, planning authority Chichester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Defence Estates Infrastructure Organisation | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.5 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 | 2.34 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8209, -0.9209 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Chichester, reference 20/03047/FULEIA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Chichester, reference 20/03047/FULEIA)
How it compares
Baker Barracks Solar Development is the 1,935th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,924th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.5 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 | 1,935th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,924th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,143rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 162 grid connections (92 operating, 805 MW), 136 substations, 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Barracks - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Emsworth Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Gable Head Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Waste 3.335 MW grid connection at Leigh Park | Grid connection | 3.34 MW | Operating | 5.2 km |
| Sewage gas 3.135 MW grid connection at Brockhampton | Grid connection | 3.14 MW | Operating | 5.7 km |
| Brockhampton Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.0 km |
| SSE data center, Havant | Data center | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Aquind Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 14 km |
| ServerHouse | Data center | — | — | 18 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.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- 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.