Power plant · Stratford-on-Avon, England, United Kingdom
Drayton Manor Farm, Alcester Road - Solar Farm Phase 2
Drayton Manor Farm, Alcester Road - Solar Farm Phase 2 is a permitted power plant in Stratford-on-Avon, England, United Kingdom, with 32 MW of capacity, operated by Drayton Stratford.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Stratford-on-Avon (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Drayton Manor Farm Alcester Road, CV37 9RQ | 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 | 7 Nov 2023 (permit 23/00039/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Stratford-on-Avon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Mar 2023 (reference 23/00039/FUL, planning authority Stratford-on-Avon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Nov 2023 (granted, reference 23/00039/FUL, planning authority Stratford-on-Avon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Drayton Stratford | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 32 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 | 40.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.1955, -1.7570 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Drayton Manor Farm, Alcester Road - Solar Farm Phase 2 is the 976th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,550th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 32 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 | 976th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,550th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,935th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 286 grid connections (10 operating, 86.1 MW), 16 substations and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Leys Drayton Manor FM grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.5 km |
| Poplars Drayton Manor Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Brookside Drayton Manor FM grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 1.2 km |
| Evoque Data Center Solutions | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Ionos data center, England | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Chipping Norton Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Bledington Primary | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Rissington Primary | Substation | — | — | 36 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 41 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
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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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.