Power plant · Waverley, England, United Kingdom
Farnham Landfill
Farnham Landfill is a power plant in Waverley, England, United Kingdom, with 2.4 MW of capacity, operated by Biffa.
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 | Waverley (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Alton Road, Farnham, | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2004 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 13 Aug 2002 (permit WA990223, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Waverley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Feb 1999 (reference WA990223, planning authority Waverley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Aug 2002 (granted, reference WA990223, planning authority Waverley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Biffa | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.4 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Landfill Gas | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1959, -0.8248 | 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.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority Waverley, reference WA990223)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Waverley, reference WA990223)
How it compares
Farnham Landfill is the 2,708th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 4,001st-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.4 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,708th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,001st of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 10,116th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 259 substations, 223 grid connections (126 operating, 1,324 MW), 93 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrecclesham Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.4 km |
| Wrecclesham Batt Stor 7516 grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Marsh House PV grid connection | Grid connection | 4.09 MW | Operating | 1.8 km |
| Farnham Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| 9.9MW 33KV POC Requested grid connection | Grid connection | 9.9 MW | Planned | 5.1 km |
| Aldershot BSP | Substation | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1164817477) | Data center | — | — | 9.6 km |
| Datum Farnborough Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 9.6 km |
| Ark Data Centres data center, England | Data center | — | — | 9.7 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.
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