Power plant · Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom
Canon Barns Road Solar Park
Canon Barns Road Solar Park is a permitted power plant in Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom, with 8 MW of capacity, operated by Bluestone 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 | Chelmsford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | E/O A130, S/O Canon Barns Road, East Hanningfield, CM3 8BD | 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 | 31 Jan 2022 (permit 21/00502/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Chelmsford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Mar 2021 (reference 21/00502/FUL, planning authority Chelmsford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 31 Jan 2022 (granted, reference 21/00502/FUL, planning authority Chelmsford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Bluestone Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 8 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 | 14 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6662, 0.5332 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Canon Barns Road Solar Park is the 1,529th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,371st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 8 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 | 1,529th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,371st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,473rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 51 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 2 grid connections (1 operating, 6.94 MW) and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 9.4 km |
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Solar 6.935 MW grid connection at Maiden Newton | Grid connection | 6.94 MW | Operating | 37 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 41 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 44 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 46 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.