Power plant · County Durham, England, United Kingdom
Junction House
Junction House is a cancelled power plant in County Durham, England, United Kingdom, with 2.3 MW of capacity, operated by British Telecom.
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 | County Durham (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land North of Pesspool Lane, Easington Village | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Onshore or offshore | Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Feb 2011 (reference PL/5/2010/0473, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Oct 2011 (refused, reference PL/5/2010/0473, planning authority County Durham) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | British Telecom | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.3 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 1 units (2.3 MW per unit) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Wind Onshore | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 54.7866, -1.3796 | 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.
- Permit refused (planning authority County Durham, reference PL/5/2010/0473)
- Permit applied for (planning authority County Durham, reference PL/5/2010/0473)
How it compares
Junction House is the 2,731st-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 4,056th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.3 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 MW we hold for the United Kingdom. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,731st of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,056th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 10,205th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 279 grid connections (140 operating, 1,776 MW), 164 substations and 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage and Solar 25.2 MW grid connection at West Moor Farm | Grid connection | 25.2 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| Battery storage 100 MW grid connection at Hawthorn Coke Works | Grid connection | 100 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Battery storage 101.3 MW grid connection at Woodland BESS | Grid connection | 101 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Peterlee Industrial | Substation | — | — | 2.0 km |
| Hawthorn Pit | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Hawthorn Pit Grid | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| DXC Wynyard Data Center | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Lumen Technologies data center, Middlesbrough | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Pulsant data center, England | Data center | — | — | 26 km |
Operator and place
More from British Telecom
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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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.