Power plant · Lichfield, England, United Kingdom
Highfields Farm, Clifton Lane - Solar Panels
Highfields Farm, Clifton Lane - Solar Panels is a power plant under construction in Lichfield, England, United Kingdom, with 61.9 MW of capacity, operated by Elgin Energy EsCo.
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 | Lichfield (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Highfields Farm Clifton Lane Tamworth, B79 0AQ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Jul 2023 (permit 22/00110/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Lichfield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Jan 2022 (reference 22/00110/FULM, planning authority Lichfield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Jul 2023 (granted, reference 22/00110/FULM, planning authority Lichfield) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Elgin Energy EsCo | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 61.9 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 |
| Coordinates | 52.6757, -1.6420 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Highfields Farm, Clifton Lane - Solar Panels is the 378th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 668th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 61.9 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 | 378th of 2,174 | 186,088 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 668th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,651st of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 418 grid connections, 8 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorpe Constantine Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Haunton Manor Farm Solar grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Land and Builds Lying to the grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 3.2 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 710050084) | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Hutchison 3G | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| EE Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 30 km |
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 42 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 48 km |
Operator and place
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- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- 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.
- © 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.