Power plant · West Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Gerard Hall Solar Farm
Gerard Hall Solar Farm is a cancelled power plant in West Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, with 17 MW of capacity, operated by Hive Energy.
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 | West Lancashire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land North West And South West Of Gerard Hall Prescot Road Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire L39 6TA | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (appeal refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Jun 2014 (reference 2014/0601/FUL, planning authority West Lancashire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Jan 2016 (appeal refused, reference 2014/0601/FUL, planning authority West Lancashire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Oct 2014 (refused, reference 2014/0601/FUL, planning authority West Lancashire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Hive Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 17 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 | 37 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5259, -2.9059 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Gerard Hall Solar Farm is the 717th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,305th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 17 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 717th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,305th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,601st of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 292 grid connections (170 operating, 1,484 MW), 17 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bickerstaffe WTW grid connection | Grid connection | 1.25 MW | Operating | 2.1 km |
| Halsalls Lodge grid connection | Grid connection | 119 MW | Planned | 7.1 km |
| Washway Farm BESS VAR1 grid connection | Grid connection | 85 MW | Planned | 7.4 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 29 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 41 km |
| Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage | Gas storage facility | — | Cancelled | 43 km |
Operator and place
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
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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.
- 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.
- © 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.