Power plant · Staffordshire Moorlands, England, United Kingdom
Cheddleton Industrial Estate
Cheddleton Industrial Estate is a cancelled power plant in Staffordshire Moorlands, England, United Kingdom, with 6.5 MW of capacity, operated by J Pointon & Sons Ltd.
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 | Staffordshire Moorlands (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | John Pointon and Sons, Felthouse Lane, Cheddleton, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 7BT | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (abandoned) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 4 Apr 2017 (reference SM.17/02/1138 W, planning authority Staffordshire Moorlands) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | J Pointon & Sons Ltd | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass (dedicated) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.0531, -2.0387 | 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 researchHow it compares
Cheddleton Industrial Estate is the 1,558th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,473rd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.5 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 1,558th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,473rd of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 7,977th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 305 grid connections (60 operating, 542 MW), 132 substations, 11 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churnetside Business Park grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Home Farm, Proposed Energy Storage @ grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Newfields Farm, Land at : grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| S.E. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| S.W. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Ashwood Dale | Substation | — | — | 24 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 29 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 33 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.