Power plant · South Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
Highfield Farm
Highfield Farm is a cancelled power plant in South Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 17 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 | South Kesteven (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Mar 2014 (reference S14/0731, planning authority South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Jun 2014 (refused, reference S14/0731, planning authority South Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 17 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 | 39.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9971, -0.5958 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Highfield Farm is the 717th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,305th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 17 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 717th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,305th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,601st of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 263 grid connections (10 operating, 25.8 MW), 8 substations, 3 data centers and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MID-UK Recycling Limited grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Mill Farm Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 5.1 km |
| Kesteven Energy Solar Farm 1 grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 5.1 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 26 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 33 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 34 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
Place
Other power plants in England
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- 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.
- 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.