Power plant · West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Hungerford Park - Solar Array
Hungerford Park - Solar Array is a permitted power plant in West Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 2.5 MW of capacity, operated by Hungerford Park.
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 | West Berkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O Hungerford Footpath 21, S/O Cider Barn, Hungerford Park, Hungerford, RG17 0RT | 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 | 24 Jul 2025 (permit 24/02810/FULMAJ, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by West Berkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 18 Feb 2025 (reference 24/02810/FULMAJ, planning authority West Berkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 24 Jul 2025 (granted, reference 24/02810/FULMAJ, planning authority West Berkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Hungerford Park | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.5 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 | 4.74 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4010, -1.5000 | 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 West Berkshire, reference 24/02810/FULMAJ)
- Permit applied for (planning authority West Berkshire, reference 24/02810/FULMAJ)
How it compares
Hungerford Park - Solar Array is the 1,793rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,738th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.5 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 | 1,793rd of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,738th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,916th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 292 grid connections (154 operating, 1,780 MW), 212 substations and 21 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungerford Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Kintbury Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Rudge Photovoltaic Plant grid connection | Grid connection | 5.36 MW | Operating | 7.7 km |
| Ratfyn Primary | Substation | — | — | 8.5 km |
| Faccombe Estate grid connection | Grid connection | 2.43 MW | Planned | 9.8 km |
| Membury PV grid connection | Grid connection | 13.3 MW | Operating | 10 km |
| Venture West | Data center | — | — | 15 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| R89 | Data center | — | — | 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.
- 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.