Power plant · Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Land At Moor Lane Farm
Land At Moor Lane Farm is a cancelled power plant in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, with 4.5 MW of capacity, operated by Elgar Middleton.
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 | Wiltshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land At Moor Lane Farm, Moor Lane, Minety, Malmesbury, SN16 9DR | 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 |
| Application date | 25 Aug 2015 (reference 15/07244/FUL, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Aug 2016 (refused, reference 15/07244/FUL, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Elgar Middleton | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.5 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 |
| Coordinates | 51.6249, -1.9622 | 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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Land At Moor Lane Farm is the 2,279th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 3,402nd-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.5 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 | 2,279th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,402nd of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 9,094th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 165 grid connections (94 operating, 1,165 MW), 97 substations, 10 data centers and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minety Village Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| The Barn - Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Purlieus Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 95 MW | Operating | 1.6 km |
| DSO Charlton Park PV - 30MW grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| Minety GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.3 km |
| Cricklade Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.8 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- © 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.