Power plant · East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Humberhead Solar
Humberhead Solar is a planned power plant in East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, covering 3,375 ha, operated by Humberhead Solar 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 | East Riding of Yorkshire (coordinates), England (Yorkshire and the Humber) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | approximately 14km to the south-east of York and 23km to the north-east of Hull, to the west of Market Weighton and within the administrative area of the East Riding of Yorkshire. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Aug 2027 (reference EN0110032, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, expected August 2027) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Humberhead Solar Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 3,375 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.9107, -0.7994 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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.
Request researchHow it compares by area
Humberhead Solar is the 35th-largest of 2,300 power plants in England and the 38th-largest of 2,673 in the United Kingdom by area, with 3,375 ha. It reports no capacity, so it is ranked by area among the power plants in our data that report one, whatever their status. Areas of shared titles overlap, so they are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| England | 35th of 2,300 |
| United Kingdom | 38th of 2,673 |
| All power plants in our data | 55th of 2,695 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 364 grid connections (174 operating, 2,325 MW), 191 substations, 3 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayton | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Sandhill Lane | Substation | — | — | 6.6 km |
| Belthorpe Lane | Substation | — | — | 7.9 km |
| Waste 1.995 MW grid connection at Southgate | Grid connection | 2 MW | Operating | 8.2 km |
| Solar 2.66 MW grid connection at Elvington | Grid connection | 2.66 MW | Planned | 8.7 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 12.5 MW grid connection at Elvington | Grid connection | 12.5 MW | Planned | 10 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 28 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 31 km |
| HSBC Wakefield Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 44 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.
- 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee). Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee), CC0 1.0.