Power plant · Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Fairy Hill, Compton Dando - Solar Farm
Fairy Hill, Compton Dando - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 2.1 MW of capacity, operated by Environmental Gain Limited and Bath & West Community Energy Ltd.
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 | Bath and North East Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Parcel 6600, Fairy Hill, Compton Dando, BS39 4LJ | 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 | 29 Jul 2025 (permit 23/04529/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Bath and North East Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 4 Dec 2023 (reference 23/04529/FUL, planning authority Bath and North East Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Jul 2025 (granted, reference 23/04529/FUL, planning authority Bath and North East Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Environmental Gain Limited (Environmental Gain Limited / Bath & West Community Energy Limited, applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Bath & West Community Energy Ltd (Environmental Gain Limited / Bath & West Community Energy Limited, 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 |
| Area | 5.42 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3822, -2.5058 | 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 Bath and North East Somerset, reference 23/04529/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Bath and North East Somerset, reference 23/04529/FUL)
How it compares
Fairy Hill, Compton Dando - Solar Farm is the 1,425th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,257th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.1 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 | 1,425th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,257th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,453rd of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 126 grid connections (79 operating, 808 MW), 53 substations, 10 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 13 km |
| Homewood Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 14 km |
| Bradford-On-Avon Primary | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| 25MW PV Trowbridge Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 26.6 MW | Planned | 19 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 19 km |
| Ganbrook grid connection | Grid connection | 45 MW | Planned | 20 km |
| Spring Quarry West Primary | Substation | — | — | 20 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
Operators 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.