Power plant · West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Grove Farm, Daventry Road - Solar Farm
Grove Farm, Daventry Road - Solar Farm is a planned power plant in West Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, with 1.8 MW of capacity, operated by Biffa Waste Services Limited.
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 Northamptonshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Grove Farm Daventry Road Ashby St Ledgers, CV23 8UL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Jan 2026 (reference 2026/0372/MAF, planning authority West Northamptonshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Biffa Waste Services Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.8 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 | 9.6 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.3108, -1.1651 | 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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Grove Farm, Daventry Road - Solar Farm is the 1,890th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,871st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.8 MW is <0.1% 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 | 1,890th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,871st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,078th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 16 grid connections (7 operating, 48.3 MW), 9 data centers and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hellermann Tyton Data | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 710050084) | Data center | — | — | 29 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Shelswell Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 38 km |
| Deddington Primary | Substation | — | — | 39 km |
| Tritax Symmetry Park grid connection | Grid connection | 15 MW | Planned | 39 km |
| Hill Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 4.51 MW | Operating | 40 km |
| Upper Heyford Primary | Substation | — | — | 43 km |
Operator and place
More from Biffa Waste Services Limited
- Westmill Quarry, Westmill Road - Solar Farm7.3 MW · planned
- Silver Lane, Risley - Solar Farm5 MW · permitted
- Skelton Grange Landfill Site, Pontefract Lane - Solar Farm4.4 MW · permitted
- Holiday Moss Landfill Site, Reeds Brow - Battery Storage3 MW · permitted
- Howden Clough Landfill, Howden Clough Road - Solar Farm2.4 MW · planned
- Former Howden Clough, Howden Clough Road - Battery Units2 MW · permitted
- Biffa Waste Services, Fochriw Road - Battery Storage2 MW · permitted
- Langhurst Wood Road - Hydrogen Generation Facility2 MW
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.