Power plant · Swale, England, United Kingdom
Cleve Hill Solar Park
Cleve Hill Solar Park is a permitted power plant in Swale, England, United Kingdom made up of 2 power plants with 523 MW of capacity between them, operated by Cleve Hill Solar Park Ltd.
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 | Swale (coordinates), England (South East) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land approximately 2 km northeast of Faversham and 5 km west of Whitstable on the North Kent Coast. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 28 May 2020 (permit EN010085, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Nov 2018 (reference EN010085, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 May 2020 (granted, reference EN010085, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Cleve Hill Solar Park Ltd (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 406 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3385, 0.9243 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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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Dated events about this power plant and the records linked to it from official notices and registers, newest first: the latest 8 of 10. All recent changes.
- Commissioned: Cleve Hill Solar Project
- Commissioned: Cleve Hill Solar Project
- Permit granted: Cleve Hill Solar Project (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010085)
- Permit refused: Cleve Hill Solar Project (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010085)
- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010085) · source
- Permit granted: Cleve Hill Solar Project (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010085)
- Permit refused: Cleve Hill Solar Project (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010085)
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010085) · source
How it compares by area
Cleve Hill Solar Park is the 94th-largest of 2,300 power plants in England and the 103rd-largest of 2,673 in the United Kingdom by area, with 406 ha. It reports no capacity, so it is ranked by area among the power plants in our data that report one, whatever their status. Areas of shared titles overlap, so they are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| England | 94th of 2,300 |
| United Kingdom | 103rd of 2,673 |
| All power plants in our data | 124th of 2,695 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 8 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Richborough Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 22 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| The Bunker - South East Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
Operator and place
How its power plants compare
The 2 power plants in this power plant, with their share of its 523 MW of capacity.
| Power plant | Location | Owner | Status | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleve Hill Solar Project | Swale, England, United Kingdom | — | Operating | 373 MW | 71% |
| Cleve Hill Solar Project | Swale, England, United Kingdom | — | Operating | 150 MW | 29% |
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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.
- © 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee). Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee), CC0 1.0.