Power plant · Wakefield, England, United Kingdom
Haigh Lane, Woolley Edge Lane - Solar Farm
Haigh Lane, Woolley Edge Lane - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, with 29.7 MW of capacity, operated by Boom Developments 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 | Wakefield (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Haigh Lane And Woolley Edge Lane, Wakefield, WF4 2LQ | 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 | 7 Aug 2025 (permit 23/02397/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wakefield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Jan 2024 (ref. 23/02397/FUL, Wakefield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Aug 2025 (granted, ref. 23/02397/FUL, Wakefield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Boom Developments Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 29.7 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 | 55.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.6163, -1.5335 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Haigh Lane, Woolley Edge Lane - Solar Farm is the 1,068th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,681st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 29.7 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 | 1,068th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,681st of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,112th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 536 grid connections (251 operating, 2,363 MW), 352 substations and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 1 MW grid connection at Woolley | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 0.1 km |
| Solar 29.93 MW grid connection at Woolley Solar Park | Grid connection | 29.9 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Woolley | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Durkar Low Lane | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Denby Grange | Substation | — | — | 4.4 km |
| Biomass 8.93 MW grid connection at Barugh 66/11kV | Grid connection | 8.93 MW | Operating | 5.4 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 36 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 47 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- 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.