Power plant · Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Kimblewick Road Solar Farm
Kimblewick Road Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, with 40 MW of capacity, operated by Kimblewick 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 | Buckinghamshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Kimblewick Road Solar Farm, High Wycombe, HP17 8SX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 14 Jan 2026 (permit 23/02077/APP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Jul 2023 (reference 23/02077/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Jan 2026 (appeal granted, reference 23/02077/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Jan 2026 (granted, reference 23/02077/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Apr 2025 (refused, reference 23/02077/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Kimblewick Solar Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 40 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 | 39.1 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.7643, -0.8387 | 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 Buckinghamshire, reference 23/02077/APP)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Buckinghamshire, reference 23/02077/APP)
- Permit refused (planning authority Buckinghamshire, reference 23/02077/APP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Buckinghamshire, reference 23/02077/APP)
How it compares
Kimblewick Road Solar Farm is the 682nd-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,136th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 40 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 | 682nd of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,136th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,350th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 193 substations, 146 grid connections (66 operating, 678 MW) and 102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, England (OSM way 1460602301) | Data center | — | Under construction | 9.4 km |
| Lewknor Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 49.9 MW | Planned | 13 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Rycote Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 47.5 MW | Planned | 14 km |
| Stokenchurch Primary | Substation | — | — | 14 km |
| Fryers Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 15 km |
| Bowerdean Primary | Substation | — | — | 16 km |
| CapitaLand Ascendas REIT data center, High Wycombe | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Harlesford Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 17 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 MW
- Navitus Bay Wind Park970 MW
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.