Power plant · Halton, England, United Kingdom
Ditton Road - Solar Microgrid
Ditton Road - Solar Microgrid is a permitted power plant in Halton, England, United Kingdom, with 4 MW of capacity, operated by Halton Borough Council.
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 | Halton (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O Ditton Road, Widnes, WA8 0PG | 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 | 23 Jan 2025 (permit 24/00234/HBCFUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Halton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Jun 2024 (reference 24/00234/HBCFUL, planning authority Halton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Jan 2025 (granted, reference 24/00234/HBCFUL, planning authority Halton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Halton Borough Council (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4 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 | 11.1 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3587, -2.7612 | 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 Halton, reference 24/00234/HBCFUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Halton, reference 24/00234/HBCFUL)
How it compares
Ditton Road - Solar Microgrid is the 1,340th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,134th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 1,340th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,134th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,282nd of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 290 grid connections (162 operating, 1,451 MW), 287 substations, 17 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 9.6 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 13 km |
| Newton Le Willows | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Lymes Wood Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 1.17 MW | Operating | 14 km |
| Lymes Wood Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 1.03 MW | Operating | 14 km |
| Haydock | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
Operator and place
More from Halton Borough Council
- Former St Michaels Golf Course1 MW · under construction
- Ditton Road grid connection6.1 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.