Power plant · Swindon, England, United Kingdom
Keypoint Industrial Estate Power Station
Keypoint Industrial Estate Power Station is a cancelled power plant in Swindon, England, United Kingdom, with 14.5 MW of capacity, operated by Rolton Group.
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 | Swindon (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land At Keypoint, Thornhill Road, South Marston, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 4RY | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (appeal granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 6 Jun 2019 (permit S/16/1055, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 16 Jun 2016 (reference S/16/1055, planning authority Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Jun 2019 (appeal granted, reference S/16/1055, planning authority Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Jun 2019 (granted, reference S/16/1055, planning authority Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Sept 2017 (refused, reference S/16/1055, planning authority Swindon) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Rolton Group (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 14.5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Advanced Conversion Technologies | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5802, -1.7306 | 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 granted (planning authority Swindon, reference S/16/1055)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Swindon, reference S/16/1055)
- Permit refused (planning authority Swindon, reference S/16/1055)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Swindon, reference S/16/1055)
How it compares
Keypoint Industrial Estate is the 1,170th-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 1,930th-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 14.5 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 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 | 1,170th of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,930th of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 6,024th of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 225 grid connections (122 operating, 1,364 MW), 148 substations and 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HONDA grid connection | Grid connection | 4.28 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| HONDA grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Sevor Farm Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 19 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| Pressed Steel Swindon Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Drakes Way Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Plessey Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 2.4 km |
| AWS Swindon Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.7 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.4 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
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- 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.
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