Power plant · Charnwood, England, United Kingdom
Land at Mill Farm
Land at Mill Farm is a cancelled power plant in Charnwood, England, United Kingdom, with 7.1 MW of capacity, operated by TGC Renewables.
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 | Charnwood (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land at Mill Farm, Nottingham Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1AE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 15 Aug 2017 (permit P/15/1054/2, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Charnwood) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 23 Jun 2015 (reference P/15/1054/2, planning authority Charnwood) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Aug 2017 (granted, reference P/15/1054/2, planning authority Charnwood) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | TGC Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 7.1 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 | 14.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.7391, -1.1742 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Land at Mill Farm is the 1,475th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,356th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 7.1 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 1,475th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,356th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 7,825th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 387 grid connections, 7 data centers and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 8, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton Bonnington Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Mill Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 4.6 km |
| Loughborough University grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 16 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 37 km |
Operator and place
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- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. 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.