Power plant · South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Central Park - Solar Farm & Battery Storage
Central Park - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is a planned solar power plant in South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, with 7 MW of capacity, operated by Severnside Distribution Lane Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | South Gloucestershire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The South Of Central Avenue Central Park Severnside, BS35 4DJ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 13 Jan 2026 (reference P26/00067/F, planning authority South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Severnside Distribution Lane Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 7 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 | 8.73 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5417, -2.6435 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority South Gloucestershire, reference P26/00067/F)
How it compares
Central Park - Solar Farm & Battery Storage is the 1,234th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,982nd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 7 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 1,234th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,982nd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,112th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 78 grid connections (48 operating, 628 MW), 30 substations, 11 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 4.3 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 13 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 | — | — | 27 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
| Castle Combe PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 30 km |
| Spring Quarry West Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
Operator and place
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- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 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.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.