Power plant · Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom
Leek Road - Solar PV array
Leek Road - Solar PV array is a cancelled power plant in Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom, with 1.06 MW of capacity, operated by Goodwin Plc.
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 | Stoke-on-Trent (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Goodwin Steel Castings Ltd, Ivy House Foundry, Leek Road, ST1 3NR | 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 | 27 Jan 2022 (permit 67329/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Stoke-on-Trent) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 24 Nov 2021 (reference 67329/FUL, planning authority Stoke-on-Trent) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 27 Jan 2022 (granted, reference 67329/FUL, planning authority Stoke-on-Trent) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Goodwin Plc (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.06 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 | 0.94 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.0221, -2.1570 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority Stoke-on-Trent, reference 67329/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Stoke-on-Trent, reference 67329/FUL)
How it compares
Leek Road - Solar PV array is the 3,796th-largest of 3,953 power plants in England and the 5,502nd-largest of 5,723 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.06 MW is <0.1% of the 136,106 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 | 3,796th of 3,953 | 85,679 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,502nd of 5,723 | 136,106 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 12,402nd of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 87 substations, 81 grid connections (47 operating, 446 MW), 9 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 7.8 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 24 km |
| Dane Moss Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Planned | 24 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 2.1 MW | Operating | 24 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 3 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 24 km |
| S.E. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| S.W. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Chelford | Substation | — | — | 27 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 29 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © 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.