Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Burton Top Farm
Burton Top Farm is a cancelled solar power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 3.6 MW of capacity, operated by Lightsource Renewable Energy.
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 | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Burton Top Farm, Station Lane, South Stainley, Harrogate, HG3 3RX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 27 Nov 2015 (permit 15/03314/FULMAJ, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 Sept 2015 (reference 15/03314/FULMAJ, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Nov 2015 (granted, reference 15/03314/FULMAJ, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lightsource Renewable Energy (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.6 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 | 8.25 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.0719, -1.5217 | 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 North Yorkshire, reference 15/03314/FULMAJ)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference 15/03314/FULMAJ)
How it compares
Burton Top Farm is the 2,924th-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 4,263rd-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.6 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,924th of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,263rd of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 10,316th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 258 grid connections (128 operating, 1,307 MW), 243 substations, 7 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wormald Green 132/11kV Direct | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Wormald Green 132/33kV | Substation | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 16 MW grid connection at Wormald Green 132/11kV Direct | Grid connection | 16 MW | Planned | 0.5 km |
| Solar 24 MW grid connection at Fawcett PV | Grid connection | 24 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 75.5 MW grid connection at Leyton Hybrid | Grid connection | 75.5 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Knaresborough | Substation | — | — | 5.0 km |
| VocaLink | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 25 km |
| GridJet | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
Operator and place
More from Lightsource Renewable Energy
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- Netherfield Lane19.7 MW
- Six Hills Solar Farm18.7 MW
- Little Braxted Solar Park15 MW
- Tye Green Farm14.9 MW
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- 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. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- 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.
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