Power plant · Mole Valley, England, United Kingdom
Cobham Road, Bookham - Solar Farm
Cobham Road, Bookham - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Mole Valley, England, United Kingdom, with 49.5 MW of capacity, operated by Public Power Solution Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Mole Valley (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Slyfield Farm, Cobham Road, Bookham, Cobham, KT11 3QE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 21 May 2026 (permit MO/2024/1048, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Mole Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Jul 2024 (reference MO/2024/1048, planning authority Mole Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 May 2026 (appeal granted, reference MO/2024/1048, planning authority Mole Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Apr 2025 (refused, reference MO/2024/1048, planning authority Mole Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 May 2026 (granted, reference MO/2024/1048, planning authority Mole Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Public Power Solution Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.5 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 | 49.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3091, -0.3720 | 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 Mole Valley, reference MO/2024/1048)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Mole Valley, reference MO/2024/1048)
- Permit refused (planning authority Mole Valley, reference MO/2024/1048)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Mole Valley, reference MO/2024/1048)
How it compares
Cobham Road, Bookham - Solar Farm is the 769th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,224th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.5 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 | 769th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,224th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,306th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 174 substations, 151 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 97 grid connections (53 operating, 617 MW) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redcentric Byfleet | Data center | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Digital Realty LHR13 | Data center | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Ready - 200MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 200 MW | Planned | 12 km |
| Generation 1.7 MW grid connection at Sunbury Cross | Grid connection | 1.7 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Waste 3.7 MW grid connection at Sunbury Cross | Grid connection | 3.7 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Sunbury Cross Primary | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Hope And Anchor Primary | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Laleham GSP | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Digital Realty LGW14 | Data center | — | — | 15 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.
- 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.
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