Power plant · Mid Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Gressingham Foods, Hinderclay Road - Solar Array
Gressingham Foods, Hinderclay Road - Solar Array is a permitted power plant in Mid Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, with 3.53 MW of capacity, operated by Centrica Business Solutions UK Ltd.
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 | Mid Suffolk (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Gressingham Foods Ltd Carlton Lodge Hinderclay Road, IP22 1SA | 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 | 11 Nov 2024 (permit DC/24/02233, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Mid Suffolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 May 2024 (reference DC/24/02233, planning authority Mid Suffolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Nov 2024 (granted, reference DC/24/02233, planning authority Mid Suffolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Centrica Business Solutions UK Ltd | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.53 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 | 6.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.3668, 0.9936 | 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.
- Permit granted (planning authority Mid Suffolk, reference DC/24/02233)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Mid Suffolk, reference DC/24/02233)
How it compares
Gressingham Foods, Hinderclay Road - Solar Array is the 1,734th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,659th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.53 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 1,734th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,659th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,817th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 transmission lines and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich to Tilbury | Transmission line | — | Planned | 30 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 41 km |
| LionLink Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 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.
- © 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.