Power plant · Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom
Leighton Hall Farm
Leighton Hall Farm is a cancelled power plant in Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, operated by Energy Demand and Response.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Cheshire East (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Leighton Hall Farm, Middlewich Road, Leighton, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 4QH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 12 Jan 2018 (permit 17/4941N, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cheshire East) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 27 Sept 2017 (reference 17/4941N, planning authority Cheshire East) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 Jan 2018 (granted, reference 17/4941N, planning authority Cheshire East) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Energy Demand and Response | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.1120, -2.4780 | 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 expired
- Permit granted (planning authority Cheshire East, reference 17/4941N)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cheshire East, reference 17/4941N)
How it compares
Leighton Hall Farm is the 573rd-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,079th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 573rd of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,079th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 3,931st of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 178 substations, 163 grid connections (96 operating, 756 MW), 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 4.1 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 13 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 13 km |
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Chelford | Substation | — | — | 22 km |
| Alderley House grid connection | Grid connection | 1.8 MW | Operating | 25 km |
| Alderley Park CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 2.6 MW | Operating | 25 km |
| Woodhouse Nurseries grid connection | Grid connection | 3.4 MW | Operating | 25 km |
| Alderley | Substation | — | — | 28 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.