Power plant · East Devon, England, United Kingdom
Beavor - Photovoltaic Solar Arrays
Beavor - Photovoltaic Solar Arrays is a power plant under construction in East Devon, England, United Kingdom, with 18.9 MW of capacity, operated by Gresham House and Anesco.
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 | East Devon (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Beavor Grange Farm Axminster, EX13 5SE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 10 Feb 2022 (permit 21/2992/MFUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by East Devon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Nov 2021 (reference 21/2992/MFUL, planning authority East Devon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Feb 2022 (granted, reference 21/2992/MFUL, planning authority East Devon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Gresham House (Anesco Limited / Gresham House) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Anesco (Anesco Limited / Gresham House) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 18.9 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 | 27.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.7777, -2.9504 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Beavor - Photovoltaic Solar Arrays is the 1,293rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,025th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 18.9 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 | 1,293rd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,025th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,101st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 212 grid connections (31 operating, 262 MW) and 27 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axminster Stammery Hill Sector Lane grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Axminster Newlands Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Newlands Power Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 52.5 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Axminster GSP | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Maiden Newton Primary | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Larkhill Primary | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
Operators and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- 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.