Power plant · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom

Chapel Lane Parley Solar Farm Phase 2

Chapel Lane Parley Solar Farm Phase 2 is a power plant in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom, with 36 MW of capacity, operated by Eco Sustainable Solutions.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (coordinates), England	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address	Chapel Lane, Parley, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 6BG	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	2014	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Permit date	26 Sept 2013 (permit 8/13/0332, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date	16 Jul 2013 (reference 8/13/0332, planning authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	26 Sept 2013 (granted, reference 8/13/0332, planning authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Eco Sustainable Solutions	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	36 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	76.7 ha (solar site area)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	50.7961, -1.8536	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.

29 Aug 2014Commissioned
26 Sept 2013Permit granted (planning authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, reference 8/13/0332)
16 Jul 2013Permit applied for (planning authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, reference 8/13/0332)

How it compares

Chapel Lane Parley Solar Farm Phase 2 is the 341st-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 633rd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 36 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	341st of 3,430	71,965 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	633rd of 5,050	115,622 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	2,465th of 12,032	1,190,447 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

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

2014Started operating

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 196 grid connections (121 operating, 1,037 MW), 157 substations and 7 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Solar 4.731 MW grid connection at Redhill	Grid connection	4.73 MW	Operating	0.7 km
Eco Parley Generation grid connection	Grid connection	8.69 MW	Planned	0.7 km
Eco Solar 1 grid connection	Grid connection	23.6 MW	Operating	0.7 km
Redhill BSP	Substation	—	—	3.9 km
Ferndown Primary	Substation	—	—	4.0 km
Redhill Primary	Substation	—	—	4.0 km
Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01	Data center	—	—	8.4 km
Sky Chilworth	Data center	—	—	35 km
SCC	Data center	—	—	43 km

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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.
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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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