Power plant · Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Higher Stockbridge Farm
Higher Stockbridge Farm is a permitted power plant in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, with 35 MW of capacity, operated by Voltalia UK.
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 | Dorset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Higher Stockbridge Farm, Stockbridge, Sherborne, DT9 6EP | 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 | 8 Dec 2021 (permit WD/D/19/003181, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Dec 2019 (reference WD/D/19/003181, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Dec 2021 (granted, reference WD/D/19/003181, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Voltalia UK | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 35 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 | 79 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8988, -2.5143 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Higher Stockbridge Farm is the 938th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,489th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 35 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 | 938th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,489th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,772nd of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 245 grid connections (87 operating, 688 MW), 82 substations and 2 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Stockbridge Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 35 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Yetminster Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.7 km |
| Silverlake grid connection | Grid connection | 50 MW | Planned | 5.2 km |
| Caswell Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 60 MW | Planned | 5.3 km |
| Sherborne Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.0 km |
| Pulham Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.8 km |
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 48 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 49 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
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