Power plant · Test Valley, England, United Kingdom
Gander Down Solar Farm, Stevens Drove - Solar Farm
Gander Down Solar Farm, Stevens Drove - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Test Valley, England, United Kingdom, with 6.2 MW of capacity, operated by PS Renewables.
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 | Test Valley (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Gander Down Solar Farm, Adj Eveley Solar Farm, Stevens Drove, Houghton, Stockbridge, SO20 6SA | 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 | 1 Jun 2023 (permit 22/02325/FULLS, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Test Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 Sept 2022 (reference 22/02325/FULLS, planning authority Test Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Jun 2023 (granted, reference 22/02325/FULLS, planning authority Test Valley) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | PS Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 6.2 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 | 10.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1101, -1.5273 | 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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Gander Down Solar Farm, Stevens Drove - Solar Farm is the 1,572nd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,429th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 6.2 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 | 1,572nd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,429th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,549th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 257 grid connections (142 operating, 1,406 MW), 206 substations, 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eveley Farm 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 1.4 km |
| Houghton Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| Middle Wallop grid connection | Grid connection | 4.4 MW | Operating | 5.7 km |
| Middle Wallop Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.9 km |
| Solar Park Limited grid connection | Grid connection | 13.6 MW | Operating | 6.7 km |
| Dunbridge Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.6 km |
| Sky Chilworth | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Regit4u | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| SCC | Data center | — | — | 33 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.