Power plant · Tandridge, England, United Kingdom
Gaywood Solar Farm
Gaywood Solar Farm is a permitted solar power plant in Tandridge, England, United Kingdom, with 10.7 MW of capacity, operated by KYBO Solar 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 | Tandridge (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Nw/O Little Browns Railway Bridge, Hilders Lane, Edenbridge, TN8 6QS | 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 | 18 Jan 2024 (permit 23/00505/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Tandridge) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Mar 2023 (reference 23/00505/FUL, planning authority Tandridge) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Jan 2024 (granted, reference 23/00505/FUL, planning authority Tandridge) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | KYBO Solar Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10.7 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 | 12.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.2204, 0.0341 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority Tandridge, reference 23/00505/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Tandridge, reference 23/00505/FUL)
How it compares
Gaywood Solar Farm is the 1,151st-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,850th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10.7 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 1,151st of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,850th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,893rd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 96 data centers, 58 substations, 21 grid connections (12 operating, 85.8 MW) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs data center, East Grinstead | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Unit 3 | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Unit 2 | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 34 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 37 km |
| Harvard lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Five Oaks Primary | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Hope And Anchor Primary | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Solar 3.905 MW grid connection at Five Oaks Farm PV | Grid connection | 3.91 MW | Operating | 38 km |
Operator and place
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.