Power plant · England, United Kingdom
British Aerospace Airbus, Chester Road - Solar Panels
British Aerospace Airbus, Chester Road - Solar Panels is a permitted solar power plant in England, United Kingdom, with 1.3 MW of capacity, operated by British Aerospace Airbus 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 | England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | British Aerospace Airbus Limited, Chester Road, Broughton, Chester, CH4 0DR | 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 | 15 Sept 2025 (permit FUL/000177/25, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Flintshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Jun 2025 (reference FUL/000177/25, planning authority Flintshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Sept 2025 (granted, reference FUL/000177/25, planning authority Flintshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | British Aerospace Airbus Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.3 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 | 1.92 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.1728, -2.9770 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Flintshire, reference FUL/000177/25)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Flintshire, reference FUL/000177/25)
How it compares
British Aerospace Airbus, Chester Road - Solar Panels is the 1,511th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,373rd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.3 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 1,511th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,373rd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,616th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 55 grid connections (35 operating, 313 MW), 39 substations, 6 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 8.7 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| North Wales Wind Farms Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 34 km |
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 35 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 35 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 36 km |
| Reinforcement to North Shropshire Electricity Distribution Network | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 37 km |
Operator and place
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
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- Staythorpe1,828 MW
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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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.