Power plant · Cherwell, England, United Kingdom
Land North of Hill Farm
Land North of Hill Farm is a permitted power plant in Cherwell, England, United Kingdom, with 8.9 MW of capacity, operated by Greenheath Farming.
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 | Cherwell (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land North Of Hill Farm, Hill Farm Lane, Duns Tew, Bicester, OX25 | 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 | 5 Oct 2020 (permit 20/00574/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Feb 2020 (reference 20/00574/F, planning authority Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Oct 2020 (granted, reference 20/00574/F, planning authority Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Greenheath Farming | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 8.9 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 | 12.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.9666, -1.3281 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit granted (planning authority Cherwell, reference 20/00574/F)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cherwell, reference 20/00574/F)
How it compares
Land North of Hill Farm is the 1,519th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,355th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 8.9 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 | 1,519th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,355th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,454th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 104 grid connections (48 operating, 472 MW), 67 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deddington Primary | Substation | — | — | 0.6 km |
| Hill Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 4.51 MW | Operating | 0.6 km |
| Duns TEW Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Planned | 0.6 km |
| Spring Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 13.2 MW | Planned | 1.9 km |
| Kiddington Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Upper Heyford Primary | Substation | — | — | 7.0 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
| nLighten Milton Keynes | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.