Power plant · South Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
Green Lane & Cliff Lane, Gonerby Moor - Solar Farm
Green Lane & Cliff Lane, Gonerby Moor - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in South Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 23 MW of capacity, operated by Lightsource BP.
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 | South Kesteven (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | South Of Green Lane And West Of Cliff Lane, Gonerby Moor, NG32 2AD | 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 | 22 Jan 2024 (permit S23/1934, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 19 Oct 2023 (reference S23/1934, planning authority South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Jan 2024 (granted, reference S23/1934, planning authority South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lightsource BP (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 23 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 | 57.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9498, -0.6756 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority South Kesteven, reference S23/1934)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Kesteven, reference S23/1934)
How it compares
Green Lane & Cliff Lane, Gonerby Moor - Solar Farm is the 942nd-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,529th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 23 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 942nd of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,529th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,235th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 5 grid connections (4 operating, 14.4 MW), 4 data centers, 3 transmission lines and 2 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 26 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 31 km |
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 35 km |
| Newton on Trent Water Works grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 36 km |
| nLighten Nottingham | Data center | — | — | 37 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 40 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 41 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.
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