Power plant · Uttlesford, England, United Kingdom
Dunmow Solar Farm, Chelmsford Road - Solar Farm
Dunmow Solar Farm, Chelmsford Road - Solar Farm is a power plant under construction in Uttlesford, England, United Kingdom, with 9.89 MW of capacity, operated by Dunmow Solar Limited.
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 | Uttlesford (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | W/O A120 Chelmsford Road, Dunmow, CM6 1LL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 4 Jul 2024 (permit UTT/23/2136/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Uttlesford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Sept 2023 (reference UTT/23/2136/FUL, planning authority Uttlesford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Jul 2024 (granted, reference UTT/23/2136/FUL, planning authority Uttlesford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Dunmow Solar Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 9.89 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 | 6.9 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.8635, 0.3815 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Uttlesford, reference UTT/23/2136/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Uttlesford, reference UTT/23/2136/FUL)
How it compares
Dunmow Solar Farm, Chelmsford Road - Solar Farm is the 1,504th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,327th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 9.89 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 | 1,504th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,327th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,419th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 50 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 2 transmission lines, 1 AI supercomputer and 1 grid connection (6.94 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 7, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Cambridge-1 | AI supercomputer | 202 H100e | Operating | 20 km |
| Kao Data KLON-02 | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Kao Data KLON-01 | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Imperium 315 | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 36 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 41 km |
| Solar 6.935 MW grid connection at Maiden Newton | Grid connection | 6.94 MW | Operating | 46 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.