Power plant · Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom
Holme Farm
Holme Farm is a cancelled power plant in Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom, with 1.4 MW of capacity, operated by J H Willis & Son Ltd.
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 | Cheshire West and Chester (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Holme Farm, Marsh Lane Ince, Chester, C, CH2 4NR | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 10 Jul 2014 (permit 13/04187/WAS, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Sept 2013 (reference 13/04187/WAS, planning authority Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Jul 2014 (granted, reference 13/04187/WAS, planning authority Cheshire West and Chester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | J H Willis & Son Ltd (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.4 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.2893, -2.8135 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority Cheshire West and Chester, reference 13/04187/WAS)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cheshire West and Chester, reference 13/04187/WAS)
How it compares
Holme Farm is the 3,600th-largest of 3,953 power plants in England and the 5,265th-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.4 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 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 | 3,600th of 3,953 | 85,679 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,265th of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,885th of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 201 substations, 188 grid connections (114 operating, 829 MW), 18 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Babbage Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.5 km |
| nLighten Chester | Data center | — | — | 9.1 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 21 km |
| Newton Le Willows | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Parkside Railway Station grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 22 km |
| Lymes Wood Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 1.17 MW | Operating | 23 km |
| Haydock | Substation | — | — | 23 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.