Power plant · Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
Fenwick Solar Farm
Fenwick Solar Farm is a power plant in Doncaster, England, United Kingdom, with 238 MW of capacity, operated by Fenwick Solar Project Limited and Boom Developments 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 | Doncaster (coordinates), England (Yorkshire and the Humber) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Doncaster (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land off Lawn Lane to the South of the River Went, Fenwick, Doncaster | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Thorpe Marsh Substation, Barnby Dun, Doncaster, DN3 1ET | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 | 18 Feb 2026 (permit EN010152, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 18 Feb 2026 (permit EN010152, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Nov 2024 (reference EN010152, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Nov 2024 (reference EN010152, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Feb 2026 (granted, reference EN010152, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Feb 2026 (granted, reference EN010152, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Fenwick Solar Project Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Boom Developments Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 238 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 238 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 511 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 509 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.6398, -1.0857 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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 The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010152)
- Permit granted (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010152) · source
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010152) · source
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010152)
Also recorded as
2 sources record Fenwick Solar Farm; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenwick Solar Farm | asset:pins-nsip:en010152 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects | — |
| Fenwick Solar Farm & Battery Storage | asset:repd:14098 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) | Same planning reference |
How it compares
Fenwick Solar Farm is the 170th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 258th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 238 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 | 170th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | 0.14% |
| United Kingdom | 258th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 649th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 445 grid connections (231 operating, 2,543 MW), 360 substations, 9 data centers and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste 19 MW grid connection at Trumfleet Generation | Grid connection | 19 MW | Operating | 4.1 km |
| Solar 3.8 MW grid connection at Pollington | Grid connection | 3.8 MW | Operating | 4.4 km |
| Solar 4.14 MW grid connection at Pollington | Grid connection | 4.14 MW | Operating | 4.4 km |
| Pollington | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Askern | Substation | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Stainforth | Substation | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
Operators and place
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
- Navitus Bay Wind Park970 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.
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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