Power plant · Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
Croft Farm, Askern Road - Solar Array & Hydrogen Plant
Croft Farm, Askern Road - Solar Array & Hydrogen Plant is a power plant under construction in Doncaster, England, United Kingdom, with 2.5 MW of capacity, operated by CF Estates Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Doncaster (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Croft Farm Askern Road Carcroft, DN6 8DE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 May 2023 (permit 22/02088/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 13 Sept 2022 (reference 22/02088/FULM, planning authority Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 May 2023 (granted, reference 22/02088/FULM, planning authority Doncaster) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | CF Estates Limited (CF Estates (Yorkshire) Limited) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.5 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 | 20.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5821, -1.1734 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Croft Farm, Askern Road - Solar Array & Hydrogen Plant is the 1,793rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,738th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.5 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 | 1,793rd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,738th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,916th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 504 grid connections (219 operating, 2,307 MW), 354 substations, 10 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 2 MW grid connection at Brodsworth | Grid connection | 2 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Brodsworth | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Battery storage 15 MW grid connection at Brodsworth BESS | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 3.1 km |
| Bentley | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Wind 8.2 MW grid connection at Hampole Windfarm | Grid connection | 8.2 MW | Operating | 3.4 km |
| Askern | Substation | — | — | 4.2 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 9.6 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.