Power plant · Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom
Frodsham Solar
Frodsham Solar is a planned solar power plant in Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom made up of 2 power plants with 247 MW of capacity between them, operated by Frodsham Solar 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 | Cheshire West and Chester (coordinates), England (North West) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land on Frodsham Marsh, approximately 500m to the north of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (decision) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 30 May 2025 (reference EN010153, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Frodsham Solar Ltd (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 336 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3012, -2.7367 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for: Frodsham Solar Project & Battery Storage (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010153)
- Permit applied for (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, reference EN010153) · source
- Permit applied for: Frodsham Solar Project & Battery Storage (planning authority The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010153)
How it compares by area
Frodsham Solar is the 95th-largest of 2,299 power plants in England and the 104th-largest of 2,672 in the United Kingdom by area, with 336 ha. It reports no capacity, so it is ranked by area among the power plants in our data that report one, whatever their status. Areas of shared titles overlap, so they are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| England | 95th of 2,299 |
| United Kingdom | 104th of 2,672 |
| All power plants in our data | 125th of 2,694 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 241 substations, 230 grid connections (133 operating, 1,169 MW), 18 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 2.4 km |
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 18 km |
| Parkside Railway Station grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 19 km |
| Newton Le Willows | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
| Lymes Wood Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 1.17 MW | Operating | 19 km |
| Haydock | Substation | — | — | 20 km |
Operator and place
How its power plants compare
The 2 power plants in this power plant, with their share of its 247 MW of capacity.
| Power plant | Location | Owner | Status | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frodsham Solar Project & Battery Storage | Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom | — | Planned | 147 MW | 60% |
| Frodsham Solar Project & Battery Storage | Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom | — | Planned | 100 MW | 40% |
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee). Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee), CC0 1.0.