Power plant · South Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
Bypass Solar Farm
Bypass Solar Farm is a cancelled power plant in South Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by By-Pass Farm Solar 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 | South Kesteven (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O The A1, Foston By-Pass, Foston, Grantham, NG32 2LD | 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 Mar 2021 (permit S20/1433, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Aug 2020 (reference S20/1433, planning authority South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Mar 2021 (granted, reference S20/1433, planning authority South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | By-Pass Farm Solar Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 85.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9732, -0.7318 | 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 South Kesteven, reference S20/1433)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Kesteven, reference S20/1433)
How it compares
Bypass Solar Farm is the 219th-largest of 3,953 power plants in England and the 428th-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 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 | 219th of 3,953 | 85,679 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 428th of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 1,931st of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 11 grid connections (10 operating, 25.8 MW), 5 substations, 4 transmission lines and 3 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 25 km |
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 32 km |
| nLighten Nottingham | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| Newton on Trent Water Works grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 33 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 35 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
| Stow Park Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1.19 MW | Operating | 39 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.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.