Power plant · Sevenoaks, England, United Kingdom
Horton Wood - Solar park
Horton Wood - Solar park is a permitted power plant in Sevenoaks, England, United Kingdom, with 49.9 MW of capacity, operated by NextPower Horton Wood 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 | Sevenoaks (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Horton Wood Stack Road Horton Kirby, DA4 9JE | 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 | 17 Feb 2023 (permit 22/02599/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Sevenoaks) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 Oct 2022 (reference 22/02599/FUL, planning authority Sevenoaks) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Feb 2023 (granted, reference 22/02599/FUL, planning authority Sevenoaks) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | NextPower Horton Wood Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 49.9 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 |
| Area | 72.9 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3913, 0.2363 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Sevenoaks, reference 22/02599/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Sevenoaks, reference 22/02599/FUL)
How it compares
Horton Wood - Solar park is the 514th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 886th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 49.9 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 514th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 886th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,966th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 97 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW), 40 substations, 13 grid connections (6 operating, 28.8 MW), 1 transmission line 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CustodianDC DA2 | Data center | — | — | 7.1 km |
| Fujitsu Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| OVH data center, England | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Solar 6.935 MW grid connection at Maiden Newton | Grid connection | 6.94 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Tertiary Study grid connection | Grid connection | 57 MW | Planned | 27 km |
| North London (Electricity Line) Reinforcement | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 31 km |
| Ariel Way White City London grid connection | Grid connection | 2.2 MW | Operating | 34 km |
| Goldsmiths Primary | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Harvard lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 37 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.
- © 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.