Power plant · Rotherham, England, United Kingdom
Brookfields Park, Brookfields Drive - Solar PV Panels
Brookfields Park, Brookfields Drive - Solar PV Panels is a permitted power plant in Rotherham, England, United Kingdom, with 1.13 MW of capacity, operated by Next Distribution 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 | Rotherham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 2-3 Units Brookfields Park, Brookfields Drive, Manvers, Rotherham, S63 5DF | 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 | 10 Jun 2024 (permit RB2024/0617, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Rotherham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Apr 2024 (reference RB2024/0617, planning authority Rotherham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Jun 2024 (granted, reference RB2024/0617, planning authority Rotherham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Next Distribution Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.13 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 |
| Coordinates | 53.5068, -1.3164 | 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 Rotherham, reference RB2024/0617)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Rotherham, reference RB2024/0617)
How it compares
Brookfields Park, Brookfields Drive - Solar PV Panels is the 2,046th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 3,056th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.13 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 | 2,046th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,056th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,288th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 388 grid connections (208 operating, 2,193 MW), 348 substations, 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Next Units 2 & 3 grid connection | Grid connection | 3.2 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Gas 3 MW grid connection at Wath Upon Dearne | Grid connection | 3 MW | Planned | 0.7 km |
| Gas 8 MW grid connection at Wath Upon Dearne | Grid connection | 8 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Wath Upon Dearne | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Dearne Road | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Barnburgh | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| HSBC Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| UoS IT Services | Data center | — | — | 18 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.