Power plant · West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Ford Motor Company Limited - Solar Farm
Ford Motor Company Limited - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by Onsite Energy Projects 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 | West Northamptonshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Ford Motor Company Limited, Royal Oak Way South, Daventry, NN11 8NT | 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 | 18 Nov 2021 (permit WND/2021/0501, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Northamptonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Aug 2021 (reference WND/2021/0501, planning authority West Northamptonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Nov 2021 (granted, reference WND/2021/0501, planning authority West Northamptonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Onsite Energy Projects Ltd | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 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 | 1.52 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.2613, -1.1832 | 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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Ford Motor Company Limited - Solar Farm is the 2,080th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 3,100th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 MW is <0.1% of the 300,661 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 | 2,080th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,100th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,333rd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 25 grid connections (13 operating, 102 MW), 12 substations and 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hellermann Tyton Data | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Shelswell Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 33 km |
| Deddington Primary | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 710050084) | Data center | — | — | 34 km |
| Tritax Symmetry Park grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 34 km |
| Hill Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 4.51 MW | Operating | 35 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 35 km |
| Upper Heyford Primary | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.