Power plant · Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Beech Tree Solar Farm
Beech Tree Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by Low Carbon UK Solar Investment Company Limited.
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 | Wiltshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Salisbury Road, Near Homington, Salisbury, SP5 4JT | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 30 Jul 2025 (permit PL/2023/10394, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 29 Nov 2023 (reference PL/2023/10394, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 Jul 2025 (granted, reference PL/2023/10394, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Aug 2024 (refused, reference PL/2023/10394, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 Jul 2025 (appeal granted, reference PL/2023/10394, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Low Carbon UK Solar Investment Company Limited | 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 | 40.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.0433, -1.8371 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Wiltshire, reference PL/2023/10394)
- Permit granted (planning authority Wiltshire, reference PL/2023/10394)
- Permit refused (planning authority Wiltshire, reference PL/2023/10394)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Wiltshire, reference PL/2023/10394)
How it compares
Beech Tree Solar Farm 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 300,461 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 | 991st of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,569th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,981st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 247 grid connections (148 operating, 1,331 MW), 175 substations and 8 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drove Lane Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 4.39 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Bake Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 8.79 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Homington Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Dogdean Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 9.8 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Netherhampton Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Bemerton Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 44 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- 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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