Power plant · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom
Curtiss Wright Controls, Enterprise Way - Solar Panels
Curtiss Wright Controls, Enterprise Way - Solar Panels is a permitted solar power plant in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by Curtiss-Wright Controls Flight Systems.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Curtiss-Wright Controls, 15 Enterprise Way, Aviation Park West, Bournemouth Airport, Christchurch, BH23 6HH | 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 | 1 Nov 2024 (permit 8/24/0538/PNPHV, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Aug 2024 (reference 8/24/0538/PNPHV, planning authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Nov 2024 (granted, reference 8/24/0538/PNPHV, planning authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Curtiss-Wright Controls Flight Systems (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1 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 |
| Coordinates | 50.7835, -1.8510 | 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.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, reference 8/24/0538/PNPHV)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, reference 8/24/0538/PNPHV)
How it compares
Curtiss Wright Controls, Enterprise Way - Solar Panels is the 1,580th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,457th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 1,580th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,457th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,708th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 196 grid connections (120 operating, 1,032 MW), 157 substations and 7 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eco Parley Generation grid connection | Grid connection | 8.69 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Eco Solar 1 grid connection | Grid connection | 23.6 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Eco SS Solar 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 5.61 MW | Operating | 1.0 km |
| Redhill BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Redhill Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Winton Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 7.1 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 43 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.