Power plant · West Lindsey, England, United Kingdom
Highgate Lane, Normanby-By-Spital - Solar Photovoltaic Farm
Highgate Lane, Normanby-By-Spital - Solar Photovoltaic Farm is a permitted solar power plant in West Lindsey, England, United Kingdom, with 11 MW of capacity, operated by Boultbee Brooks Renewables Walkford Moor 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 | West Lindsey (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land off Highgate Lane, Normanby-by-Spital, LN8 2HQ | 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 | 24 Jul 2025 (permit WL/2024/00415, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 13 Jun 2024 (reference WL/2024/00415, planning authority West Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Jul 2025 (granted, reference WL/2024/00415, planning authority West Lindsey) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Boultbee Brooks Renewables Walkford Moor Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 11 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 | 16 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3787, -0.4907 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority West Lindsey, reference WL/2024/00415)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Lindsey, reference WL/2024/00415)
How it compares
Highgate Lane, Normanby-By-Spital - Solar Photovoltaic Farm is the 1,148th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,845th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 11 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 | 1,148th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,845th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,867th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 232 grid connections (123 operating, 1,848 MW), 121 substations, 3 transmission lines and 2 data centers, 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 8 MW grid connection at Normanby | Grid connection | 8 MW | Planned | 0.1 km |
| Normanby | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Biomass 1.8 MW grid connection at Harpswell | Grid connection | 1.8 MW | Operating | 6.2 km |
| Gas 1.1 MW grid connection at Harpswell | Grid connection | 1.1 MW | Operating | 6.2 km |
| Harpswell | Substation | — | — | 8.2 km |
| Walesby | Substation | — | — | 11 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 26 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
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