Power plant · North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
Leoda Solar Farm
Leoda Solar Farm is a cancelled power plant in North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 600 MW of capacity, operated by Leoda Solar Farm 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 | North Kesteven (coordinates), England (East Midlands) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land to the west of Leadenham, Welbourn and Wellingore, the east of Brant Broughton and to the north of the A17 road within North Kesteven District Council. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (withdrawn) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Leoda Solar Farm Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 600 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 1,653 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.0802, -0.5862 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · 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.
Request researchHow it compares
Leoda Solar Farm is the 19th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 24th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 600 MW is 0.52% 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 | 19th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | 0.83% |
| United Kingdom | 24th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | 0.52% |
| All power plants in our data | 687th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 17 grid connections (10 operating, 25.8 MW), 14 substations, 4 transmission lines and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 23 km |
| Newton on Trent Water Works grid connection | Grid connection | 3.1 MW | Operating | 24 km |
| Stow | Substation | — | — | 28 km |
| Stow Park Road grid connection | Grid connection | 1.19 MW | Operating | 28 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 30 km |
| Normanby | Substation | — | — | 35 km |
| Harpswell | Substation | — | — | 36 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 36 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.
- 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.
- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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