Power plant · Forest of Dean, England, United Kingdom
Leeways Packaging Services, Laymore Road - Solar Panels
Leeways Packaging Services, Laymore Road - Solar Panels is a permitted solar power plant in Forest of Dean, England, United Kingdom, with 1 MW of capacity, operated by Leeways Packaging Services Limited.
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 | Forest of Dean (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Leeways Packaging Services Limited, Laymore Road, Forest Vale Industrial Estate, Cinderford, GL14 2YH | 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 | 25 Nov 2022 (permit P1392/22/PJ14PA, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Forest of Dean) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 4 Oct 2022 (reference P1392/22/PJ14PA, planning authority Forest of Dean) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 25 Nov 2022 (granted, reference P1392/22/PJ14PA, planning authority Forest of Dean) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Leeways Packaging Services Limited (applicant) | 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 |
| Coordinates | 51.8267, -2.5100 | 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 Forest of Dean, reference P1392/22/PJ14PA)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Forest of Dean, reference P1392/22/PJ14PA)
How it compares
Leeways Packaging Services, Laymore Road - Solar Panels is the 1,580th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,457th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 1,580th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,457th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,708th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 30 grid connections (17 operating, 320 MW), 20 substations, 9 data centers and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DXC Technology | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Tetbury Primary | Substation | — | — | 32 km |
| Kemble RAF Primary | Substation | — | — | 36 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 36 km |
| Marsh Farm B PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 36 km |
| Long Newton PV grid connection | Grid connection | 5.8 MW | Operating | 36 km |
| Sunstroom grid connection | Grid connection | 4.28 MW | Operating | 36 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 37 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. 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.