Power plant · North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Church Lane - Solar Canopy
Church Lane - Solar Canopy is a permitted power plant in North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, with 1.11 MW of capacity, operated by Scunthorpe General Hospital.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | North Lincolnshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hospital Car Park, Church Lane, Scunthorpe, DN15 7HY | 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 | 19 May 2025 (permit PA/2025/426, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Lincolnshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Apr 2025 (ref. PA/2025/426, North Lincolnshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 May 2025 (granted, ref. PA/2025/426, North Lincolnshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Scunthorpe General Hospital | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.11 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 | 53.5864, -0.6656 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Church Lane - Solar Canopy is the 2,051st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 3,062nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.11 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 2,051st of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,062nd of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,294th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 447 grid connections (192 operating, 2,752 MW), 186 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 CO2 emitter, 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 1.747 MW grid connection at Billet Lane | Grid connection | 1.75 MW | Planned | 0.3 km |
| Land North of Brumby Common Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 1.65 MW | Planned | 1.5 km |
| Station Road | Substation | — | — | 1.6 km |
| Bridges Road | Substation | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Scunthorpe North | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Gas 20 MW grid connection at Marden Power | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 19 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 29 km |
| Aldbrough Hydrogen Storage | CO2 emitter | — | Planned | 46 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.