Power plant · Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Byde Mill Solar Farm, Poulshot - Solar Farm
Byde Mill Solar Farm, Poulshot - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, with 13.5 MW of capacity, operated by Ampyr.
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 | Wiltshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Townsend Farm, Townsend, Poulshot, Devizes, SN10 1SD | 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 | 22 Dec 2025 (permit PL/2024/11631, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 27 Jan 2025 (reference PL/2024/11631, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Dec 2025 (granted, reference PL/2024/11631, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Ampyr | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 13.5 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 | 29 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3303, -2.0503 | 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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Byde Mill Solar Farm, Poulshot - Solar Farm is the 1,391st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,165th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 13.5 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 1,391st of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,165th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,813th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 196 grid connections (121 operating, 1,273 MW), 113 substations, 7 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Townsend Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 9.96 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Poulshot Lodge PV grid connection | Grid connection | 14.3 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Lower End PV grid connection | Grid connection | 4.28 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Devizes Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Easterton Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Bromham Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.3 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.