Power plant · Cotswold, England, United Kingdom
Land at Sandpool Farm
Land at Sandpool Farm is a cancelled power plant in Cotswold, England, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and Bath and West Community Energy Ltd.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | LAND AT SANDPOOL FARM | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Cotswold (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Oaksey Road, Poole Keynes, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6EA | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning application withdrawn) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Jan 2013 (reference 13/00276/FUL, planning authority Cotswold) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 26 Jun 2013 (withdrawn, reference 13/00276/FUL, planning authority Cotswold) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and Bath and West Community Energy Ltd | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 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 | 2.1 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.6479, -1.9807 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Land at Sandpool Farm is the 3,301st-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 4,866th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 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 | 3,301st of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,866th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,790th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 294 grid connections (93 operating, 1,164 MW), 93 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Barn - Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Planned | 2.0 km |
| Minety Village Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.4 km |
| Purlieus Battery Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 95 MW | Operating | 3.4 km |
| DSO Charlton Park PV - 30MW grid connection | Grid connection | 30 MW | Planned | 3.5 km |
| Minety GSP | Substation | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Kemble RAF Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.6 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 18 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.