Power plant · York, England, United Kingdom
Harewood Whin, Tinker Lane - Solar Farm
Harewood Whin, Tinker Lane - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in York, England, United Kingdom, with 28 MW of capacity, operated by Yorwaste.
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 | York (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Harewood Whin, Tinker Lane, Rufforth, York, YO23 3RR | 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 | 28 Apr 2025 (permit 23/01732/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by York) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Oct 2023 (reference 23/01732/FULM, planning authority York) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 28 Apr 2025 (granted, reference 23/01732/FULM, planning authority York) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Yorwaste | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 28 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 | 82.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.9601, -1.1769 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority York, reference 23/01732/FULM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority York, reference 23/01732/FULM)
How it compares
Harewood Whin, Tinker Lane - Solar Farm is the 1,074th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,692nd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 28 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 | 1,074th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,692nd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,173rd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 349 grid connections (174 operating, 1,977 MW), 262 substations, 4 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind 3.325 MW grid connection at Gale Lane | Grid connection | 3.33 MW | Operating | 0.7 km |
| Solar 40 MW grid connection at Shirbutt Lane PV | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 115.5 MW grid connection at Sagglethorpe Hybrid | Grid connection | 116 MW | Planned | 2.7 km |
| Poppleton | Substation | — | — | 3.4 km |
| Gale Lane | Substation | — | — | 3.5 km |
| Severus Hill | Substation | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 9.2 km |
| VocaLink | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
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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.
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- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.
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