Power plant · Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
Burrow Beck - Solar farm
Burrow Beck - Solar farm is a permitted solar power plant in Lancaster, England, United Kingdom, with 4 MW of capacity, operated by Lancaster City Council.
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 | Lancaster (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Bailrigg Lane, Lancaster, LA1 4XP | 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 | 9 Jan 2025 (permit 23/01383/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 Feb 2024 (reference 23/01383/FUL, planning authority Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Jan 2025 (granted, reference 23/01383/FUL, planning authority Lancaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lancaster City Council (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4 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 | 6.6 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.0183, -2.7846 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Lancaster, reference 23/01383/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Lancaster, reference 23/01383/FUL)
How it compares
Burrow Beck - Solar farm is the 1,339th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,133rd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4 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 | 1,339th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,133rd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,299th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 224 grid connections (119 operating, 1,340 MW), 159 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burrow Beck | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Lancaster University Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 8.5 MW | Planned | 0.8 km |
| Arna Wood Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4.8 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Lancaster WWTW grid connection | Grid connection | 1.61 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Spring Garden St 6.6KV | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Spring Garden St 11kV | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 16 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 18 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 33 km |
Operator and place
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- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- 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.