Power plant · South Ribble, England, United Kingdom

Carver Hay, moss lane

Carver Hay, moss lane is a power plant in South Ribble, England, United Kingdom, with 2.5 MW of capacity, operated by Navitas Project.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	South Ribble (coordinates), England	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address	Carver Hey Farm, Moss Lane, Little Hoole, Preston	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Status	Operating (operational)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Start year	2017	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Permit date	15 Dec 2015 (permit 07/2015/1494/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Ribble)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date	1 Oct 2015 (reference 07/2015/1494/FUL, planning authority South Ribble)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	15 Dec 2015 (granted, reference 07/2015/1494/FUL, planning authority South Ribble)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Navitas Project	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	2.5 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	11.4 ha (solar site area)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	53.7075, -2.7786	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Latest events

Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.

20 Mar 2017Commissioned
15 Dec 2015Permit granted (planning authority South Ribble, reference 07/2015/1494/FUL)
1 Oct 2015Permit applied for (planning authority South Ribble, reference 07/2015/1494/FUL)

How it compares

Carver Hay, moss lane is the 2,673rd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 3,943rd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.5 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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	2,673rd of 3,430	71,965 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	3,943rd of 5,050	115,622 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	10,021st of 12,032	1,190,447 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

2017Started operating

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 360 grid connections (196 operating, 1,677 MW), 319 substations, 13 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Moss Lane grid connection	Grid connection	2 MW	Operating	0.9 km
Ulnes Walton Landfill grid connection	Grid connection	1 MW	Operating	3.6 km
Moss Side (Leyland)	Substation	—	—	3.7 km
Asland Walks Energy Park grid connection	Grid connection	4.5 MW	Planned	3.7 km
Tarleton	Substation	—	—	4.0 km
Seven Stars	Substation	—	—	4.6 km
Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets	Transmission line	—	Permitted	19 km
East Irish Sea Transmission Project	Transmission line	—	Planned	19 km
Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage	Gas storage facility	—	Cancelled	26 km

Operator and place

Grid connections attached to this power plant

Moss Lane grid connection2 MW

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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.
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