Power plant · York, England, United Kingdom
Hessay Solar Farm
Hessay Solar Farm is a permitted solar power plant in York, England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, operated by Solar 2 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 | York (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The North And South Of Low Moor Lane Hessay York, YO26 8JT | 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 | 11 Mar 2024 (permit 23/00626/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 | 6 Apr 2023 (reference 23/00626/FULM, planning authority York) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Mar 2024 (granted, reference 23/00626/FULM, planning authority York) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Solar 2 Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 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 | 61.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.9745, -1.1943 | 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 York, reference 23/00626/FULM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority York, reference 23/00626/FULM)
How it compares
Hessay Solar Farm is the 681st-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,135th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 681st of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,135th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,366th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 326 grid connections (163 operating, 1,632 MW), 253 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar 40 MW grid connection at Shirbutt Lane PV | Grid connection | 40 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Wind 3.325 MW grid connection at Gale Lane | Grid connection | 3.33 MW | Operating | 1.3 km |
| Atterwith Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 2.3 km |
| Moor Monkton Pumps | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Poppleton | Substation | — | — | 4.1 km |
| Gale Lane | Substation | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 9.8 km |
| VocaLink | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 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.
- 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.
- © 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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