Power plant · Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Bury Farm - Solar Farm
Bury Farm - Solar Farm is a cancelled solar power plant in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Interguide Group 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 | Buckinghamshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | R/O Bury Farm, Mill Road, Slapton, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9BT | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 1 Jul 2022 (permit 21/02775/APP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 30 Jun 2021 (reference 21/02775/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Jul 2022 (granted, reference 21/02775/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Interguide Group Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 | 36.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.8797, -0.6407 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority Buckinghamshire, reference 21/02775/APP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Buckinghamshire, reference 21/02775/APP)
How it compares
Bury Farm - Solar Farm is the 305th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 538th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 305th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 538th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,762nd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 119 substations, 89 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW) and 80 grid connections (36 operating, 362 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 9.8 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 2 | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
| Amersham GSP | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| Cokes Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| Generation 99 MW grid connection at Amersham Main | Grid connection | 99 MW | Planned | 25 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 29 km |
| Bicester 49.9MW - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 44 MW | Planned | 30 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. 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.
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- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
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