Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Gascoigne Wood Colliery - Peak Power
Gascoigne Wood Colliery - Peak Power is a cancelled power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, operated by First Renewable.
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 | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land at the Former Gascoigne Wood Colliery, Hagg Lane, Leeds, LS25 6LH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 14 Sept 2015 (reference 2015/1034/FUL, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 1 Dec 2016 (withdrawn, reference 2015/1034/FUL, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | First Renewable (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Biomass (dedicated) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7817, -1.1967 | 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.
- Withdrawn (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference 2015/1034/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference 2015/1034/FUL)
How it compares
Gascoigne Wood Colliery - Peak Power is the 799th-largest of 3,953 power plants in England and the 1,379th-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 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 | 799th of 3,953 | 85,679 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,379th of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,231st of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 436 grid connections (223 operating, 2,410 MW), 370 substations, 11 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 3.75 MW grid connection at Sherburn | Grid connection | 3.75 MW | Operating | 1.9 km |
| Sherburn | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Solar 2.3 MW grid connection at Sherburn | Grid connection | 2.3 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Solar 15 MW grid connection at Nordens Barn Farm | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 2.4 km |
| Fenton Lane | Substation | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Beal | Substation | — | — | 8.3 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 14 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| nLighten Leeds | Data center | — | — | 16 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.
- 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.
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- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
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- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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