Power plant · Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Brogborough Landfill, Lidlington - Solar PV park
Brogborough Landfill, Lidlington - Solar PV park is a permitted power plant in Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, operated by Infinis Solar 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 | Central Bedfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Brogborough Landfill Site, Woburn Road, Lidlington, MK43 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 23 Apr 2024 (permit CB/22/00548/MW, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Mar 2022 (reference CB/22/00548/MW, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Aug 2023 (refused, reference CB/22/00548/MW, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Apr 2024 (appeal granted, reference CB/22/00548/MW, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Apr 2024 (granted, reference CB/22/00548/MW, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Infinis Solar Developments Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 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 | 66.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.0536, -0.5853 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/22/00548/MW)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/22/00548/MW)
- Permit refused (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/22/00548/MW)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/22/00548/MW)
How it compares
Brogborough Landfill, Lidlington - Solar PV park is the 682nd-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,136th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 682nd of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,136th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,350th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 22 grid connections (10 operating, 127 MW), 20 substations and 16 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 35 km |
| Bicester 49.9MW - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 44 MW | Planned | 37 km |
| Part Haveleys Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 45.5 MW | Planned | 38 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
| Bicester North BSP | Substation | — | — | 41 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.
- © 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.
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