Power plant · Stafford, England, United Kingdom
Hanyards Lane, Tixall - Solar Energy Park
Hanyards Lane, Tixall - Solar Energy Park is a permitted power plant in Stafford, England, United Kingdom, with 49.5 MW of capacity.
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 | Stafford (coordinates), England | 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 | 19 Jun 2024 (permit 23/37621/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Stafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Jun 2023 (reference 23/37621/FUL, planning authority Stafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Jun 2024 (granted, reference 23/37621/FUL, planning authority Stafford) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.5 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 | 62 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.8143, -2.0557 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Stafford, reference 23/37621/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Stafford, reference 23/37621/FUL)
How it compares
Hanyards Lane, Tixall - Solar Energy Park is the 769th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,224th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.5 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 | 769th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,224th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,306th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 grid connections (3 operating, 5.07 MW), 3 data centers, 2 substations, 1 gas storage facility and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 45 km |
| Dane Moss Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Planned | 48 km |
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 48 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 2.1 MW | Operating | 48 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 3 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 48 km |
| S.E. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 49 km |
Place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.