Power plant · Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Chilton Cantelo Solar Farm

Chilton Cantelo Solar Farm is a power plant in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by NextEnery Solar Fund.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Somerset (coordinates), England	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address	The Cypress House Road, Chilton Cantelo, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8BQ	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	2013	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Permit date	11 Jul 2012 (permit 12/01055/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Somerset)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date	20 Mar 2012 (reference 12/01055/FUL, planning authority Somerset)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	11 Jul 2012 (granted, reference 12/01055/FUL, planning authority Somerset)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	NextEnery Solar Fund (NextEnery Solar Fund (NESF))	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	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	13.6 ha (solar site area)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	50.9948, -2.6001	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.

28 Feb 2013Commissioned
11 Jul 2012Permit granted (planning authority Somerset, reference 12/01055/FUL)
20 Mar 2012Permit applied for (planning authority Somerset, reference 12/01055/FUL)

How it compares

Chilton Cantelo Solar Farm is the 1,758th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,742nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 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	1,758th of 3,430	71,965 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	2,742nd of 5,050	115,622 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	8,380th of 12,032	1,190,447 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

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

2013Started operating

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 113 grid connections (74 operating, 581 MW), 60 substations, 2 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
Chilton Cantello Primary	Substation	—	—	0.3 km
Chiltern Cantello grid connection	Grid connection	4.75 MW	Operating	0.5 km
Chilton Cantelo Solar Farm grid connection	Grid connection	8.36 MW	Planned	0.5 km
Southfield Farm Solar Park grid connection	Grid connection	7.6 MW	Operating	2.3 km
Sparkford Primary	Substation	—	—	4.6 km
Yeovil BSP	Substation	—	—	5.0 km
Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre	Data center	—	—	36 km
Hinkley Point C Connection	Transmission line	—	Permitted	40 km
Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change	Transmission line	—	Planned	42 km

Operator and place

Grid connections attached to this power plant

Chilton Cantelo Solar Farm grid connection8.36 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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