Power plant · Manchester, England, United Kingdom
City Football Academy - Solar Panels
City Football Academy - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in Manchester, England, United Kingdom, with 1.12 MW of capacity, operated by Manchester City Football Club.
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 | Manchester (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | City Football Academy, Ashton New Road, Manchester, M11 4TQ | 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 | 17 Dec 2024 (permit 141212/FO/2024, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Manchester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Oct 2024 (reference 141212/FO/2024, planning authority Manchester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Dec 2024 (granted, reference 141212/FO/2024, planning authority Manchester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Manchester City Football Club | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.12 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 | 0.17 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4823, -2.1908 | 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 researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Manchester, reference 141212/FO/2024)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Manchester, reference 141212/FO/2024)
How it compares
City Football Academy - Solar Panels is the 2,047th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 3,058th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.12 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 2,047th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,058th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,290th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 470 substations, 408 grid connections (228 operating, 2,125 MW), 21 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart St | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Generation 3 MW grid connection at Cannot Locate R Form | Grid connection | 3 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Stuart St BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Bradford | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Whitworth Power grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 703959498) | Data center | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Coronation Power grid connection | Grid connection | 5.34 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Asanti Manchester | Data center | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Equinix MA1 | Data center | — | — | 3.6 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- 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.
- © 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.