Power plant · Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
Barnfield Solar Farm, Wilmingham Lane - Solar PV Panels
Barnfield Solar Farm, Wilmingham Lane - Solar PV Panels is a permitted power plant in Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Low Carbon UK Solar.
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 | Isle of Wight (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Barnfield Solar Farm, E/O Wilmingham Lane, W/O Broad Lane, Yarmouth, And Parts Of Broad Lane, Thorley Street, Station Lane & Warlands Lane, And Shalfleet Substation, Warlands Lane, Shalfleet, PO40 9UG | 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 | 8 Sept 2023 (permit 22/01793/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Isle of Wight) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 Oct 2022 (ref. 22/01793/FUL, Isle of Wight) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Sept 2023 (granted, ref. 22/01793/FUL, Isle of Wight) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Low Carbon UK Solar | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 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 | 42 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.6945, -1.4767 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Barnfield Solar Farm, Wilmingham Lane - Solar PV Panels is the 991st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,569th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 991st of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,569th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,981st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 163 grid connections (95 operating, 895 MW), 150 substations and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 5 MW grid connection at Shalfleet | Grid connection | 5 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Wellow Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Wilmingham Solar Park Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 6.65 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Freshwater Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Shalfleet Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Lymington Primary | Substation | — | — | 10.0 km |
| Aquind Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 39 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.