Power plant · Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Ditcheat - Solar Panels
Ditcheat - Solar Panels is a planned power plant in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 3.6 MW of capacity, operated by Communities for Renewables.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Folly Cottages To Arthurs Bridge Ditcheat, BA4 6QR | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Aug 2024 (reference 2024/1439/FUL, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Communities for Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.6 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 | 8.65 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1240, -2.5245 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Somerset, reference 2024/1439/FUL)
How it compares
Ditcheat - Solar Panels is the 1,731st-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,654th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.6 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 | 1,731st of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,654th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,811th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 121 grid connections (73 operating, 711 MW), 64 substations, 5 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyke Farms Ltd grid connection | Grid connection | 1.9 MW | Operating | 3.3 km |
| Solar 1.254 MW grid connection at Castle Cary | Grid connection | 1.25 MW | Operating | 4.1 km |
| Castle Cary Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Bruton Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.8 km |
| Hook Valley PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 9.6 km |
| Sparkford Primary | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 29 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 33 km |
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 33 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.