Power plant · County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Bluestone Farm, Low Lands - Solar Farm
Bluestone Farm, Low Lands - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in County Durham, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Bluefield Renewable Developments Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | County Durham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Bluestone Farm Low Lands Cockfield, DL13 5AW | 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 | 28 May 2024 (permit DM/23/00486/FPA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 Feb 2023 (ref. DM/23/00486/FPA, County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 May 2024 (granted, ref. DM/23/00486/FPA, County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Bluefield Renewable Developments Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 64 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.6226, -1.7895 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Bluestone Farm, Low Lands - Solar Farm is the 478th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 847th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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 | 478th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 847th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,927th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 264 grid connections (130 operating, 1,278 MW) and 158 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 42.75 MW grid connection at Bluestone Farm PV | Grid connection | 42.8 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 62.5 MW grid connection at Bucks Head Hybrid | Grid connection | 62.5 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Generation 1.188 MW grid connection at Skerneside | Grid connection | 1.19 MW | Operating | 6.7 km |
| Fylands Bridge | Substation | — | — | 7.3 km |
| Toronto | Substation | — | — | 8.0 km |
| Toronto 66/20kV | Substation | — | — | 8.0 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.