Power plant · Stratford-on-Avon, England, United Kingdom
Fosse Way - Solar Farm
Fosse Way - Solar Farm is a cancelled solar power plant in Stratford-on-Avon, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by Staffordshire Solar 1 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 | Stratford-on-Avon (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | W/O Fosse Way, Se/O Radford Semele, Leamington Spa, CV31 1XJ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Oct 2024 (reference W/24/1404, planning authority Warwick) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 May 2025 (refused, reference W/24/1404, planning authority Warwick) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Staffordshire Solar 1 Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 86 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.2555, -1.4831 | 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.
- Permit refused (planning authority Warwick, reference W/24/1404)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Warwick, reference W/24/1404)
How it compares
Fosse Way - Solar Farm is the 290th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 519th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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 | 290th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 519th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,743rd of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 23 grid connections (11 operating, 83 MW), 13 substations and 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evoque Data Center Solutions | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 710050084) | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Deddington Primary | Substation | — | — | 34 km |
| Hill Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 4.51 MW | Operating | 34 km |
| Duns TEW Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Planned | 34 km |
| Spring Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 13.2 MW | Planned | 35 km |
| Chipping Norton Primary | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
| Hellermann Tyton Data | Data center | — | — | 38 km |
| Kiddington Primary | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
Operator and place
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
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- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
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