Power plant · Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Blandford Hill - EV Charging Station & Solar Farm
Blandford Hill - EV Charging Station & Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, with 3 MW of capacity, operated by Naturalis Energy Developments 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 | Dorset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Blandford Hill Winterborne Whitechurch, DT11 0AA | 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 | 26 Jan 2022 (permit P/FUL/2021/02622, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 27 Jul 2021 (ref. P/FUL/2021/02622, Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 26 Jan 2022 (granted, ref. P/FUL/2021/02622, Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Naturalis Energy Developments Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8024, -2.2256 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Blandford Hill - EV Charging Station & Solar Farm is the 1,756th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,687th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3 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 | 1,756th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,687th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,853rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 168 grid connections (88 operating, 730 MW) and 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitechurch Hill Energy Park grid connection | Grid connection | 12 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Winterborne Kingston Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Canada Farm PV Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 16.6 MW | Operating | 4.8 km |
| Solar 13.68 MW grid connection at Lytchett | Grid connection | 13.7 MW | Operating | 5.5 km |
| Blandford Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.9 km |
| Puddletown Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 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.