Power plant · Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Grounds Farm - Solar farm
Grounds Farm - Solar farm is a cancelled power plant in Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, operated by Encavis.
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 | Central Bedfordshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land at Grounds Farm, Church End, Hockliffe, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9NL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 19 Oct 2021 (permit CB/21/01571/FULL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 8 Apr 2021 (reference CB/21/01571/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Oct 2021 (granted, reference CB/21/01571/FULL, planning authority Central Bedfordshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Encavis (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 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 | 37.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.9331, -0.5994 | 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 Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/21/01571/FULL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Central Bedfordshire, reference CB/21/01571/FULL)
How it compares
Grounds Farm - Solar farm is the 799th-largest of 3,953 power plants in England and the 1,379th-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 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 | 799th of 3,953 | 85,679 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,379th of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,231st of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 76 substations, 70 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW) and 59 grid connections (29 operating, 292 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 7.8 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
| Cokes Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Amersham GSP | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Generation 99 MW grid connection at Amersham Main | Grid connection | 99 MW | Planned | 31 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 31 km |
| Bicester 49.9MW - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 44 MW | Planned | 33 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.