Power plant · Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
Chippenham Drive, Kingston - Solar Panels
Chippenham Drive, Kingston - Solar Panels is a permitted solar power plant in Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom, with 1.75 MW of capacity, operated by Syzygy Renewables.
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 | Milton Keynes (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | North Unit Mk 180, Chippenham Drive, Kingston, Milton Keynes, MK10 0AT | 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 | 2 Jul 2024 (permit 24/00743/PRIOR, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Milton Keynes) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 8 May 2024 (reference 24/00743/PRIOR, planning authority Milton Keynes) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Jul 2024 (granted, reference 24/00743/PRIOR, planning authority Milton Keynes) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Syzygy Renewables (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.75 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 |
| Coordinates | 52.0390, -0.6783 | 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.
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- Permit granted (planning authority Milton Keynes, reference 24/00743/PRIOR)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Milton Keynes, reference 24/00743/PRIOR)
How it compares
Chippenham Drive, Kingston - Solar Panels is the 1,464th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,314th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.75 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 | 1,464th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,314th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,539th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 41 grid connections (16 operating, 167 MW), 35 substations and 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 5.7 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 9.6 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 20 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 29 km |
| Bicester 49.9MW - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 44 MW | Planned | 31 km |
| Part Haveleys Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 45.5 MW | Planned | 31 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 33 km |
| Bicester North BSP | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
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- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- 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.