Power plant · Chichester, England, United Kingdom

Former Westhampnett Landfill Solar Farm

Former Westhampnett Landfill Solar Farm is a solar power plant in Chichester, England, United Kingdom, with 7.5 MW of capacity, operated by West Sussex County Council.

Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Location	Chichester (coordinates), England	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Address	Former Westhampnett Landfill S, Coach Road, Westhampnett, Chichester, PO19 7RT	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	2018	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Permit date	10 Jan 2017 (permit WSCC/057/16/WH, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Chichester)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Application date	30 Sept 2016 (reference WSCC/057/16/WH, planning authority Chichester)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Decision date	10 Jan 2017 (granted, reference WSCC/057/16/WH, planning authority Chichester)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Operator	West Sussex County Council	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Capacity	7.5 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	15.9 ha (solar site area)	DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	50.8476, -0.7402	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.

25 Oct 2018Commissioned
10 Jan 2017Permit granted (planning authority Chichester, reference WSCC/057/16/WH)
30 Sept 2016Permit applied for (planning authority Chichester, reference WSCC/057/16/WH)

How it compares

Former Westhampnett Landfill is the 1,821st-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 2,808th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 7.5 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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	1,821st of 4,035	134,434 MW	<0.1%
United Kingdom	2,808th of 5,834	200,500 MW	<0.1%
All power plants in our data	11,263rd of 15,799	1,918,113 MW	<0.1%

Timeline

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

2018Started operating

Nearby

Within 50 km of this power plant: 135 grid connections (82 operating, 739 MW), 130 substations, 13 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
Westhampnett Solar Farm grid connection	Grid connection	6.65 MW	Operating	0.4 km
Solar 1.574 MW grid connection at Rolls Royce	Grid connection	1.57 MW	Planned	0.7 km
Strettington Solar Farm grid connection	Grid connection	12.4 MW	Operating	1.3 km
Market Primary	Substation	—	—	2.7 km
Chichester Primary	Substation	—	—	3.6 km
Chichester BSP	Substation	—	—	3.7 km
SSE data center, Havant	Data center	—	—	17 km
Aquind Interconnector	Transmission line	—	Planned	22 km
ServerHouse	Data center	—	—	30 km

Operator and place

Grid connections attached to this power plant

Westhampnett Solar Farm grid connection6.65 MW

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