Power plant · North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Little Crow Solar Park
Little Crow Solar Park is a permitted power plant in North Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom made up of 2 power plants with 240 MW of capacity between them, operated by INRG Solar.
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 Lincolnshire (coordinates), England (Yorkshire and the Humber) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land located 0.6km to the east of the British Steel site at Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN16 1XP | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 5 Apr 2022 (permit EN010101, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 4 Dec 2020 (reference EN010101, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 5 Apr 2022 (granted, reference EN010101, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | INRG Solar (applicant) | 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 | 225 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.5779, -0.5791 | 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 by area
Little Crow Solar Park is the 103rd-largest of 2,300 power plants in England and the 114th-largest of 2,673 in the United Kingdom by area, with 225 ha. It reports no capacity, so it is ranked by area among the power plants in our data that report one, whatever their status. Areas of shared titles overlap, so they are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| England | 103rd of 2,300 |
| United Kingdom | 114th of 2,673 |
| All power plants in our data | 135th of 2,695 |
How its operator compares
INRG Solar operates 19 of the 8,060 power plants in the United Kingdom in our data with a named owner; 56 owners have more. Counts cover the power plants in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Operator in United Kingdom | Rank | Power plants | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightsource Renewable Energy | 1st | 158 | 2% |
| Anesco | 2nd | 92 | 1.1% |
| Scottish and Southern Energy | 3rd | 76 | 0.94% |
| Renewable Energy Systems | 4th | 74 | 0.92% |
| British Solar Renewables | 5th | 62 | 0.77% |
| INRG Solar | 57th | 19 | 0.24% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 409 grid connections (172 operating, 2,514 MW), 161 substations, 2 transmission lines, 1 data center 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery storage and Solar 199.8 MW grid connection at Santon Solar Farm Direct | Grid connection | 200 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Solar 34.295 MW grid connection at Raventhorpe Solar | Grid connection | 34.3 MW | Operating | 1.7 km |
| Santon | Substation | — | — | 2.3 km |
| Solar 1 MW grid connection at Station Road | Grid connection | 1 MW | Operating | 2.7 km |
| Scunthorpe South | Substation | — | — | 2.9 km |
| Firth Brown | Substation | — | — | 3.0 km |
| North Humber to High Marnham | Transmission line | — | Planned | 23 km |
| Continental Link Multi-Purpose Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Cancelled | 27 km |
| Thales | Data center | — | — | 36 km |
Operator and place
Power plants in this power plant
- Little Crow Solar Park150 MW
- Little Crow Solar Park90 MW
More from INRG Solar
- Little Crow Solar Park150 MW · permitted
- Little Crow Solar Park90 MW · permitted
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- Combermere Abbey14 MW
- New Stone House12.5 MW
- Hendre Fawr Farm11.6 MW
- Lower Basset Down Farm10.5 MW
- West Hall Solar Farm7 MW
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
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- planning.data.gov.uk. planning.data.gov.uk, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context entity resolution. Rare Context entity resolution, CC0 1.0.
- Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee). Rijkswaterstaat windenergiegebieden (Noordzee), CC0 1.0.