Power plant · Maldon, England, United Kingdom
Dengie - Solar PV array
Dengie - Solar PV array is a permitted power plant in Maldon, England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by British Solar Renewables.
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 | Maldon (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Keelings Road Dengie, CM0 | 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 | 2 May 2024 (permit 23/01236/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Maldon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 Dec 2023 (reference 23/01236/FULM, planning authority Maldon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 May 2024 (granted, reference 23/01236/FULM, planning authority Maldon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | British Solar Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (co-located with re) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6777, 0.8778 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Maldon, reference 23/01236/FULM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Maldon, reference 23/01236/FULM)
How it compares
Dengie - Solar PV array is the 1,613th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,484th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 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 | 1,613th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,484th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,616th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 7 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CityFibre Cabinets | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 37 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 42 km |
| Richborough Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 48 km |
Operator and place
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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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.