Power plant · South Ribble, England, United Kingdom
Leyland Trucks Limited, Croston Road - Solar Panels
Leyland Trucks Limited, Croston Road - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in South Ribble, England, United Kingdom, with 4 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, Leyland, PR26 6LZ | 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 | 21 May 2024 (permit 07/2024/00268/PAP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by South Ribble) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Apr 2024 (reference 07/2024/00268/PAP, planning authority South Ribble) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 21 May 2024 (granted, reference 07/2024/00268/PAP, planning authority South Ribble) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Leyland Trucks Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4 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 | 53.7138, -2.6981 | 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.
Request researchLatest events
Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority South Ribble, reference 07/2024/00268/PAP)
- Permit applied for (planning authority South Ribble, reference 07/2024/00268/PAP)
How it compares
Leyland Trucks Limited, Croston Road - Solar Panels is the 1,707th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,616th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 1,707th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,616th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,764th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 385 grid connections (209 operating, 1,790 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 | 0.7 km |
| Leyland BSP | Substation | — | — | 0.9 km |
| Carr Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 6 MW | Planned | 1.4 km |
| Tardy Gate | Substation | — | — | 1.8 km |
| Glowhouse Power grid connection | Grid connection | 5.06 MW | Planned | 2.1 km |
| Moss Side (Leyland) | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| East Irish Sea Transmission Project | Transmission line | — | Planned | 19 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
More from Leyland Trucks Limited
- Leyland Trucks, Croston Road - Solar Array1.2 MW · planned
Other power plants in England
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
- Hornsea 2 - Optimus and Breesea1,320 MW
- Hornsea 1 - Heron & Njord1,218 MW
- Atlantic Array One - Bristol Channel Zone1,200 MW
- Five Estuaries - Wind Farm1,080 MW
- Rugeley Power Plant Conversion1,000 MW
- Teesworks Battery Storage Project1,000 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.
- 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.