Power plant · North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom
Benton Lane, Quorum Business Park - Solar Panels
Benton Lane, Quorum Business Park - Solar Panels is a planned power plant in North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom, with 8 MW of capacity, operated by Shelborn Asset Management.
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 South East Of Roundabout At Salters Lane And Benton Lane West Moor, NE12 8BT | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 31 Mar 2026 (reference 25/01018/FULM, planning authority North Tyneside) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Shelborn Asset Management | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 8 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 | 12.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 55.0229, -1.5809 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority North Tyneside, reference 25/01018/FULM)
How it compares
Benton Lane, Quorum Business Park - Solar Panels is the 1,529th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,371st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 8 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 | 1,529th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,371st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,473rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 222 grid connections (108 operating, 1,264 MW), 134 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killingworth | Substation | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Longbenton | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Gas 5.463 MW grid connection at Longbenton | Grid connection | 5.46 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Gosforth | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Solar 28.12 MW grid connection at Backworth | Grid connection | 28.1 MW | Planned | 3.5 km |
| Gas 5.7 MW grid connection at Killingworth | Grid connection | 5.7 MW | Operating | 4.6 km |
| Stellium Newcastle Campus | Data center | — | — | 4.9 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 47 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.
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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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