Power plant · Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Burges Lane, Stoke St Michael - Solar Array Panels
Burges Lane, Stoke St Michael - Solar Array Panels is a power plant under construction in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 1.78 MW of capacity, operated by Hiscox Solar Partnership.
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 | Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Burges Lane, Stoke St Michael, Radstock, BA3 5JY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 10 Jan 2024 (permit 2023/1606/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Aug 2023 (reference 2023/1606/FUL, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Jan 2024 (granted, reference 2023/1606/FUL, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Hiscox Solar Partnership | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.78 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 | 0.58 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.2167, -2.4748 | 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.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Somerset, reference 2023/1606/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Somerset, reference 2023/1606/FUL)
How it compares
Burges Lane, Stoke St Michael - Solar Array Panels is the 1,896th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,879th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.78 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 | 1,896th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,879th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,086th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 126 grid connections (80 operating, 793 MW), 68 substations, 5 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holwell Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Landmark Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 5.5 MW | Planned | 6.4 km |
| Holwell PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3.55 MW | Operating | 6.7 km |
| Monksham Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 7.6 MW | Operating | 11 km |
| Bruton Primary | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Frome BSP | Substation | — | — | 12 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 25 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 29 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.