Power plant · Breckland, England, United Kingdom
Land North of the A11 - Solar Park
Land North of the A11 - Solar Park is a cancelled solar power plant in Breckland, England, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity.
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 | Breckland (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 26 Oct 2022 (permit 3PL/2021/1514/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Breckland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 10 Nov 2021 (reference 3PL/2021/1514/F, planning authority Breckland) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 26 Oct 2022 (granted, reference 3PL/2021/1514/F, planning authority Breckland) | 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 | 2.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.5200, 0.9955 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Latest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices, registers and owners' press releases, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Breckland, reference 3PL/2021/1514/F)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Breckland, reference 3PL/2021/1514/F)
How it compares
Land North of the A11 - Solar Park was cancelled before it was built: it is not ranked among the power plants that run, and its 1 MW is not counted in their totals.
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 188 grid connections (120 operating, 1,915 MW), 111 substations, 2 transmission lines and 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crows Hall Farm/Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 1.56 MW | Operating | 0.2 km |
| Attleborough Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| (ANM) Bunwell Road grid connection | Grid connection | 18 MW | Planned | 3.7 km |
| Snetterton Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Chalk Lane Snetterton Norwich grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 5.3 km |
| Hardingham Primary 11kV | Substation | — | — | 8.7 km |
| Norwich to Tilbury | Transmission line | — | Planned | 20 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 33 km |
| Longmarsh Green Energy | Data center | — | Planned | 46 km |
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. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © 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.
- UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks open data portal, CC BY 4.0.