Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Carr House Farm, East Heslerton - Solar Farm
Carr House Farm, East Heslerton - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 23.5 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Connections Developments 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 | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Carr House Farm, Carr Lane, East Heslerton, Malton, YO17 | 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 | 5 Jun 2025 (permit ZF24/00191/FL, 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 | 20 Mar 2024 (reference ZF24/00191/FL, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Jun 2025 (granted, reference ZF24/00191/FL, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Connections Developments Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 23.5 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 | 49.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.1996, -0.5528 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference ZF24/00191/FL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference ZF24/00191/FL)
How it compares
Carr House Farm, East Heslerton - Solar Farm is the 1,158th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,817th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 23.5 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 1,158th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,817th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,516th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 112 grid connections (56 operating, 780 MW), 61 substations and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage and Solar 71.3 MW grid connection at Carr House | Grid connection | 71.3 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Hurricane Park PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Kingspan Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 3.85 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Yedingham | Substation | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Butterwick | Substation | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Eastfield | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Morven Hawthorn Pit Grid Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 22 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 45 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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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