Power plant · Rugby, England, United Kingdom
Leamington Road, Princethorpe - Ash Tree Solar Photovoltaic Arrays
Leamington Road, Princethorpe - Ash Tree Solar Photovoltaic Arrays is a permitted power plant in Rugby, England, United Kingdom, with 16.8 MW of capacity, operated by British Solar Renewables.
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 | Rugby (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Leamington Road, Princethorpe, Rugby, CV23 9PZ | 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 | 6 Aug 2025 (permit R24/0373, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Rugby) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 May 2024 (reference R24/0373, planning authority Rugby) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 6 Aug 2025 (granted, reference R24/0373, planning authority Rugby) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | British Solar Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 16.8 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 | 22.4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.3325, -1.4326 | 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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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Rugby, reference R24/0373)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Rugby, reference R24/0373)
How it compares
Leamington Road, Princethorpe - Ash Tree Solar Photovoltaic Arrays is the 1,317th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,060th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 16.8 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 | 1,317th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,060th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,281st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 9 grid connections (6 operating, 39.3 MW), 7 data centers and 6 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, England (OSM way 710050084) | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Evoque Data Center Solutions | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
| Deddington Primary | Substation | — | — | 41 km |
| Hill Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 4.51 MW | Operating | 42 km |
| Duns TEW Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Planned | 42 km |
| Spring Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 13.2 MW | Planned | 43 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
| Chipping Norton Primary | Substation | — | — | 44 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.