Power plant · Stroud, England, United Kingdom
Hillhouse Farm
Hillhouse Farm is a power plant in Stroud, England, United Kingdom, with 28.5 MW of capacity, operated by Vogt Solar and Cambridge Solar Power.
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 | Stroud (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hillhouse Farm Bristol Road, Cambridge, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 7AN | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2015 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 8 Dec 2014 (permit S.14/1800/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Stroud) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 5 Aug 2014 (reference S.14/1800/FUL, planning authority Stroud) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 8 Dec 2014 (granted, reference S.14/1800/FUL, planning authority Stroud) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Vogt Solar (Cambridge Solar Power/ Vogt Solar) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Cambridge Solar Power (Cambridge Solar Power/ Vogt Solar) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 28.5 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 | 40.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7361, -2.3596 | 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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Hillhouse Farm is the 419th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 797th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 28.5 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 | 419th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 797th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,937th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Permit issued (Town and Country Planning Act), no. S.14/1800/FUL
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 312 grid connections (66 operating, 926 MW), 52 substations, 8 data centers and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Solar Power grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Box Road Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Slimbridge grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.4 km |
| DXC Technology | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Tetbury Primary | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Kemble RAF Primary | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 28 km |
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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.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.