Power plant · South Ribble, England, United Kingdom
Leyland Trucks, Croston Road - Solar Array
Leyland Trucks, Croston Road - Solar Array is a planned solar power plant in South Ribble, England, United Kingdom, with 1.2 MW of capacity, operated by Leyland Trucks 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 | South Ribble (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Leyland Trucks Limited Croston Road Farington Moss, PR26 6RH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 28 May 2026 (reference 07/2026/00387/FUL, planning authority South Ribble) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Leyland Trucks Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.2 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 | 2.44 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.7181, -2.6953 | 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 applied for (planning authority South Ribble, reference 07/2026/00387/FUL)
How it compares
Leyland Trucks, Croston Road - Solar Array is the 1,532nd-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,398th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.2 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 | 1,532nd of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,398th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,647th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 380 grid connections (207 operating, 1,783 MW), 346 substations, 16 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 gas storage facility, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancs Enterprises Business Park grid connection | Grid connection | 7.62 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Tardy Gate | Substation | — | — | 1.3 km |
| Leyland BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.4 km |
| Carr Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Planned | 1.7 km |
| Bow Lane | Substation | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Glowhouse Power grid connection | Grid connection | 5.06 MW | Planned | 2.6 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 18 km |
| Morgan and Morecambe Offshore Wind Farms Transmission Assets | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 24 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 27 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.
- 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.