Power plant · Rochford, England, United Kingdom
Bolt Hall Farm, Lark Hill Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm.
Bolt Hall Farm, Lark Hill Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm. is a planned power plant in Rochford, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Green Switch Capital Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Rochford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land At Bolt Hall Farm, Lark Hill Road; Land North Of Ulverston Road; Land Following Canewdon Road And Fambridge Road, SS4 3SA | 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 | 23 Aug 2023 (reference 23/00733/FUL, planning authority Rochford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Switch Capital 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 | 69.6 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6220, 0.7303 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Bolt Hall Farm, Lark Hill Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm. is the 511th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 883rd-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 | 511th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 883rd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,963rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 11 data centers, 2 transmission lines, 1 AI supercomputer and 1 grid connection (6.94 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 8.3 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 44 km |
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 44 km |
| Solar 6.935 MW grid connection at Maiden Newton | Grid connection | 6.94 MW | Operating | 48 km |
| Richborough Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 50 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.