Power plant · Horsham, England, United Kingdom
Great Oak Energy Hub
Great Oak Energy Hub is a permitted power plant in Horsham, England, United Kingdom, with 400 MW of capacity, operated by Clearstone 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 | Horsham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Adj To Shipley Road, Southwater, Horsham, RH13 9BQ | 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 | 28 Mar 2025 (permit DC/24/1289, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Horsham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Sept 2024 (reference DC/24/1289, planning authority Horsham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Mar 2025 (granted, reference DC/24/1289, planning authority Horsham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Clearstone Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 400 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.0093, -0.3538 | 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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Great Oak Energy Hub is the 103rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 157th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 400 MW is 0.13% 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 | 103rd of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | 0.21% |
| United Kingdom | 157th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.13% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 351st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 77 substations, 73 grid connections (44 operating, 257 MW), 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Horsham | Data center | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Five Oaks Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Solar 3.905 MW grid connection at Five Oaks Farm PV | Grid connection | 3.91 MW | Operating | 6.9 km |
| Billingshurst Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.5 km |
| Malham Farm Solar & Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 10 km |
| Plaistow Primary | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Solar 4.75 MW grid connection at Plaistow | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 15 km |
| Digital Realty LGW15 | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Digital Realty LGW16 | Data center | — | — | 18 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.