Power plant · Horsham, England, United Kingdom

Ford Farm (Ashurst)

Ford Farm (Ashurst) is a power plant in Horsham, England, United Kingdom, with 10 MW of capacity, operated by Conergy.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Horsham (coordinates), England	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address	Land North of Sopers Copse Honeybridge Lane Ashurst West Sussex	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	2016	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Permit date	9 Sept 2015 (permit DC/13/2310, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Horsham)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date	9 Dec 2013 (reference DC/13/2310, planning authority Horsham)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	2 May 2014 (refused, reference DC/13/2310, planning authority Horsham)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	9 Sept 2015 (appeal granted, reference DC/13/2310, planning authority Horsham)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	9 Sept 2015 (granted, reference DC/13/2310, planning authority Horsham)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	Conergy	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	10 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	28.3 ha (solar site area)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	50.9431, -0.3192	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Latest events

Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.

29 Feb 2016Commissioned
9 Sept 2015Permit granted (planning authority Horsham, reference DC/13/2310)
9 Sept 2015Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Horsham, reference DC/13/2310)
2 May 2014Permit refused (planning authority Horsham, reference DC/13/2310)
9 Dec 2013Permit applied for (planning authority Horsham, reference DC/13/2310)

How it compares

Ford Farm (Ashurst) is the 1,102nd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,838th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10 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	1,102nd of 3,430	71,965 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	1,838th of 5,050	115,622 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	7,081st of 12,032	1,190,447 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.

2016Started operating

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 51 grid connections (33 operating, 191 MW), 42 substations and 15 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
IBM Horsham	Data center	—	—	9.0 km
Billingshurst Primary	Substation	—	—	13 km
Solar 3.905 MW grid connection at Five Oaks Farm PV	Grid connection	3.91 MW	Operating	14 km
Five Oaks Primary	Substation	—	—	14 km
Malham Farm Solar & Storage grid connection	Grid connection	20 MW	Planned	17 km
Haslingborne Primary	Substation	—	—	20 km
Solar 4.75 MW grid connection at Plaistow	Grid connection	4.75 MW	Operating	21 km
Digital Realty LGW15	Data center	—	—	23 km
Digital Realty LGW16	Data center	—	—	23 km

Operator and place

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