Power plant · Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Boots Campus - Roof Top Solar Farm
Boots Campus - Roof Top Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom, with 6.3 MW of capacity, operated by Boots Company Plc.
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 | Nottingham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Boots Campus, D90 Building Head Office Thane Road Nottingham Nottingham City, NG90 1BS | 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 | 5 Dec 2022 (permit 22/01231/PFUL3, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Nottingham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 Jun 2022 (reference 22/01231/PFUL3, planning authority Nottingham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Dec 2022 (granted, reference 22/01231/PFUL3, planning authority Nottingham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Boots Company Plc | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.3 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 | 37.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9279, -1.1809 | 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.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Nottingham, reference 22/01231/PFUL3)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Nottingham, reference 22/01231/PFUL3)
How it compares
Boots Campus - Roof Top Solar Farm is the 1,571st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,428th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.3 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 | 1,571st of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,428th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,547th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 16 grid connections (8 operating, 95.4 MW), 14 substations, 6 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 5.9 km |
| nLighten Nottingham | Data center | — | — | 9.0 km |
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 21 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 21 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Wind 20.22 MW grid connection at Pennyhill Windfarm | Grid connection | 20.2 MW | Operating | 44 km |
| Kiveton Park | Substation | — | — | 46 km |
| Dronfield | Substation | — | — | 46 km |
| Wind 4.5 MW grid connection at Kiveton Park | Grid connection | 4.5 MW | Operating | 46 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.
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