Power plant · Sefton, England, United Kingdom
Jemmys Carr
Jemmys Carr is a power plant under construction in Sefton, England, United Kingdom, with 5 MW of capacity, operated by Beacons Cross Solar.
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 | Sefton (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land At Jemmy Carr, Field North Of Downholland Brook, Moss Lane, Formby, L37 0AL | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 23 Sept 2016 (permit DC/2015/01266, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Sefton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Aug 2015 (reference DC/2015/01266, planning authority Sefton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Sept 2016 (granted, reference DC/2015/01266, planning authority Sefton) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Beacons Cross Solar (Beacons Cross Solar (formerly Jemmys Carr Solar)) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 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 | 7.33 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5711, -3.0256 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Construction started
- Permit granted (planning authority Sefton, reference DC/2015/01266)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Sefton, reference DC/2015/01266)
How it compares
Jemmys Carr is the 1,281st-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,047th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5 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 | 1,281st of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,047th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,179th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 218 grid connections (131 operating, 1,197 MW), 181 substations, 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarisbrick | Substation | — | — | 7.0 km |
| Landsdale Nurseries grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Operating | 7.1 km |
| Ormskirk | Substation | — | — | 9.3 km |
| Bickerstaffe WTW grid connection | Grid connection | 1.25 MW | Operating | 11 km |
| Burscough Bridge | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Halsalls Lodge grid connection | Grid connection | 119 MW | Planned | 13 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 22 km |
| nLighten Edge Data Centre Liverpool | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, 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.