Power plant · South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Codrington Road - Solar Photovoltaic Panels
Codrington Road - Solar Photovoltaic Panels is a permitted power plant in South Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, with 18.8 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Connections.
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 | South Gloucestershire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Codrington Road, Bristol, BS37 8RG | 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 | 11 Aug 2023 (permit P22/05906/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Oct 2022 (reference P22/05906/F, planning authority South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Aug 2023 (granted, reference P22/05906/F, planning authority South Gloucestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Connections | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 18.8 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 | 26.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5127, -2.4174 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Codrington Road - Solar Photovoltaic Panels is the 1,296th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,028th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 18.8 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 | 1,296th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,028th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,113th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 359 grid connections (81 operating, 959 MW), 62 substations, 14 data centers and 2 transmission lines, 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 15 MW grid connection at Chipping Sodbury 132Kv S Stn | Grid connection | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Battery storage 99.4 MW grid connection at Iron Acton 132Kv S Stn | Grid connection | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Battery storage 99.4 MW grid connection at Iron Acton Sgp | Grid connection | — | — | 1.3 km |
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Yatton Keynell Primary | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Spring Quarry West Primary | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 17 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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.