Power plant · Wyre, England, United Kingdom
Foxfield Nurseries, School Lane - Solar Panels
Foxfield Nurseries, School Lane - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in Wyre, England, United Kingdom, with 1.19 MW of capacity, operated by Medlar Fruit Farms 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 | Wyre (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Foxfield Nurseries, Ox Close Lane, School Lane, Pilling, Preston, PR3 6HB | 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 | 2 Jul 2025 (permit 24/00573/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wyre) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Dec 2024 (reference 24/00573/FUL, planning authority Wyre) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Jul 2025 (granted, reference 24/00573/FUL, planning authority Wyre) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Medlar Fruit Farms Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.19 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 | 0.18 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.9295, -2.9070 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Wyre, reference 24/00573/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Wyre, reference 24/00573/FUL)
How it compares
Foxfield Nurseries, School Lane - Solar Panels is the 2,037th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 3,045th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.19 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 2,037th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,045th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,276th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 251 grid connections (132 operating, 1,467 MW), 181 substations, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preesall | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 5.2 km |
| Eagland Hill grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 5.3 km |
| Orchard End Wind Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 4 MW | Operating | 5.4 km |
| Hillam Lane Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1.1 MW | Operating | 7.2 km |
| Copse RD | Substation | — | — | 7.5 km |
| Thornton BSP | Substation | — | — | 7.7 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 12 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 20 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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.