Power plant · Arun, England, United Kingdom
Land at Wicks Farm
Land at Wicks Farm is a cancelled biomass power plant in Arun, England, United Kingdom, with 1.5 MW of capacity, operated by Wicks Farm.
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 | Arun (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land at Wicks Farm, Ford Lane, Ford, Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 0DG | 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 | 22 Nov 2016 (permit WSCC/026/16/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Arun) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 12 May 2016 (reference WSCC/026/16/F, planning authority Arun) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 22 Nov 2016 (granted, reference WSCC/026/16/F, planning authority Arun) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Wicks Farm (Wicks Farm (Biogas), applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Anaerobic Digestion | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8275, -0.5927 | 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 expired
- Permit granted (planning authority Arun, reference WSCC/026/16/F)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Arun, reference WSCC/026/16/F)
How it compares
Land at Wicks Farm is the 3,580th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 5,225th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.5 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 3,580th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,225th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 14,761st of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 99 grid connections (56 operating, 543 MW), 82 substations, 11 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binstead Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 12.2 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Binsted Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3.98 MW | Operating | 2.6 km |
| Solar 10 MW grid connection at Bilsham | Grid connection | 10 MW | Operating | 2.8 km |
| Bilsham Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| South Bersted Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.2 km |
| Chichester BSP | Substation | — | — | 7.7 km |
| SSE data center, Havant | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| IBM Horsham | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Aquind Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 33 km |
Operator and place
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
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