Power plant · Reigate and Banstead, England, United Kingdom
East Surrey Hospital, Canada Avenue -Solar Panels
East Surrey Hospital, Canada Avenue -Solar Panels is a permitted solar power plant in Reigate and Banstead, England, United Kingdom, with 2.1 MW of capacity, operated by Carbon3.
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 | Reigate and Banstead (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | East Surrey Hospital, Canada Avenue, Redhill, RH1 5RH | 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 | 11 Nov 2025 (permit 25/01742/PAP14J, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Reigate and Banstead) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Sept 2025 (reference 25/01742/PAP14J, planning authority Reigate and Banstead) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Nov 2025 (granted, reference 25/01742/PAP14J, planning authority Reigate and Banstead) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Carbon3 (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.1 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 |
| Coordinates | 51.2195, -0.1588 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority Reigate and Banstead, reference 25/01742/PAP14J)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Reigate and Banstead, reference 25/01742/PAP14J)
How it compares
East Surrey Hospital, Canada Avenue -Solar Panels is the 1,424th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,256th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.1 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 1,424th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,256th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,470th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 138 data centers, 111 substations, 42 grid connections (26 operating, 278 MW) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restore Records Management | Data center | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Unit 2 | Data center | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Unit 1 | Data center | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Five Oaks Primary | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Solar 3.905 MW grid connection at Five Oaks Farm PV | Grid connection | 3.91 MW | Operating | 28 km |
| Ready - 200MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 200 MW | Planned | 28 km |
| Generation 1.7 MW grid connection at Sunbury Cross | Grid connection | 1.7 MW | Operating | 28 km |
| Sunbury Cross Primary | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
| Hope And Anchor Primary | Substation | — | — | 29 km |
Operator and place
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
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