Power plant · Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Howgrove Farm, Green Lane - Solar Panels
Howgrove Farm, Green Lane - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in Bath and North East Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 10 MW of capacity, operated by Greenvolt Power UK 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 | Bath and North East Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Parcel 0038, Green Lane, Nempnett Thrubwell, Bristol, BS40 7UY | 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 | 3 Nov 2025 (permit 25/02072/EFUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 28 May 2025 (reference 25/02072/EFUL, planning authority North Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 3 Nov 2025 (granted, reference 25/02072/EFUL, planning authority North Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Greenvolt Power UK Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 10 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 | 13.6 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3557, -2.6892 | 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 North Somerset, reference 25/02072/EFUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Somerset, reference 25/02072/EFUL)
How it compares
Howgrove Farm, Green Lane - Solar Panels is the 1,157th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,858th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 10 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 1,157th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,858th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,928th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 94 grid connections (56 operating, 523 MW), 42 substations, 10 data centers, 2 transmission lines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 6.4 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 11 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 22 km |
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 22 km |
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| Homewood Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 26 km |
| Holwell Primary | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| Landmark Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 5.5 MW | Planned | 28 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.