Power plant · South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Central Avenue, Severn Beach - Solar Photovoltaic Panels
Central Avenue, Severn Beach - Solar Photovoltaic Panels is a permitted power plant in South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, with 1.5 MW of capacity, operated by Zestec Asset Management.
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 Gloucestershire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Unit 4, Central Avenue, Severn Beach, Bristol, BS35 4DJ | 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 | 20 Aug 2021 (permit P21/04573/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 28 Jun 2021 (reference P21/04573/F, planning authority South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 20 Aug 2021 (granted, reference P21/04573/F, planning authority South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Zestec Asset Management | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.5 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 | 4.79 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5420, -2.6388 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Central Avenue, Severn Beach - Solar Photovoltaic Panels is the 1,935th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,924th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.5 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 | 1,935th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,924th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,143rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 369 grid connections (49 operating, 678 MW), 31 substations, 11 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon BRS1 grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Amazon HVM Central Ave Western Approach Bristol grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.3 km |
| Tesco G Park HVM grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.2 km |
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 25 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 26 km |
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © 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.