Power plant · Bolton, England, United Kingdom
Edbro, Lever Street - Solar Panels
Edbro, Lever Street - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in Bolton, England, United Kingdom, with 1.7 MW of capacity, operated by Edbro Plc.
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 | Bolton (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Edbro Ltd Lever Street, BL3 6NN | 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 | 2 Jun 2023 (permit 15778/23, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Bolton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 6 Apr 2023 (reference 15778/23, planning authority Bolton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Jun 2023 (granted, reference 15778/23, planning authority Bolton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Edbro Plc | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.7 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 | 3.02 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5691, -2.4250 | 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 Bolton, reference 15778/23)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Bolton, reference 15778/23)
How it compares
Edbro, Lever Street - Solar Panels is the 1,900th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,883rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.7 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 | 1,900th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,883rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,091st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 413 substations, 410 grid connections (224 operating, 2,027 MW), 20 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradshawgate | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Barbara St | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| SpA RD | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Raikes Lane Incinerator grid connection | Grid connection | 11.7 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| The Royal Bolton Hospital grid connection | Grid connection | 1.36 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Alkane, Union Road, Bolton grid connection | Grid connection | 7.44 MW | Planned | 2.5 km |
| Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042) | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Joule House | Data center | — | — | 14 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.
- 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.