Power plant · Hinckley and Bosworth, England, United Kingdom
Kirkby Road
Kirkby Road is a permitted power plant in Hinckley and Bosworth, England, United Kingdom, with 23.5 MW of capacity, operated by Intelligent Alternatives Limited and Next Power SPV 7.
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 | Hinckley and Bosworth (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land West Of, Kirkby Road, Barwell, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 8FR | 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 | 22 Oct 2022 (permit 19/01379/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Hinckley and Bosworth) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Dec 2019 (reference 19/01379/FUL, planning authority Hinckley and Bosworth) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Oct 2022 (granted, reference 19/01379/FUL, planning authority Hinckley and Bosworth) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Intelligent Alternatives Limited (Next Power SPV 7 / Intelligent Alternatives) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Next Power SPV 7 (Next Power SPV 7 / Intelligent Alternatives) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 23.5 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 | 32 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.5838, -1.3420 | 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 Hinckley and Bosworth, reference 19/01379/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Hinckley and Bosworth, reference 19/01379/FUL)
How it compares
Kirkby Road is the 1,158th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,817th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 23.5 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 | 1,158th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,817th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,516th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 10 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 4, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, England (OSM way 710050084) | Data center | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 8.9 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 9.0 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 35 km |
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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.