Power plant · Hart, England, United Kingdom
Chosley Farm, North Warnborough Solar Farm and Battery storage
Chosley Farm, North Warnborough Solar Farm and Battery storage is a cancelled solar power plant in Hart, England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by Shell 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 | Hart (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Chosley Farm Bidden Road North Warnborough Hook Hampshire, RG29 1BW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Nov 2021 (permit 20/03185/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Hart) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 Jan 2021 (reference 20/03185/FUL, planning authority Hart) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Nov 2021 (granted, reference 20/03185/FUL, planning authority Hart) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Shell Renewables (Shell Renewables (CSE23 Limited), applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 | 95.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.2475, -0.9568 | 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 Hart, reference 20/03185/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Hart, reference 20/03185/FUL)
How it compares
Chosley Farm, North Warnborough Solar Farm and Battery storage is the 305th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 538th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 305th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 538th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,762nd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 272 substations, 233 grid connections (129 operating, 1,412 MW), 89 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hook Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Holt Lane Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 22 MW | Planned | 3.7 km |
| Fleet-Bramley GSP | Substation | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Coxmoor Wood Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Battery storage 105.6 MW grid connection at FLEET | Grid connection | 106 MW | Planned | 5.7 km |
| Penn Croft Farm BESS grid connection | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 5.7 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1164817477) | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Ark Data Centres data center, England | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Datum Farnborough Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
Operator and place
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- 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. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
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