Power plant · North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom
Little Hale Fen - Solar Farm
Little Hale Fen - Solar Farm is a permitted solar power plant in North Kesteven, England, United Kingdom, with 50 MW of capacity, operated by AGR Solar 2 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 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Little Hale Fen To E/O Helpringham, Se/O Little Hale To Nw/O Bicker And Donington, Lincoln, NG34 9LT | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 13 Aug 2025 (permit 23/1021/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Sept 2023 (reference 23/1021/FUL, planning authority North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Aug 2025 (granted, reference 23/1021/FUL, planning authority North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 7 Nov 2024 (refused, reference 23/1021/FUL, planning authority North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Aug 2025 (appeal granted, reference 23/1021/FUL, planning authority North Kesteven) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | AGR Solar 2 Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 50 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 | 86.1 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9423, -0.2518 | 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 North Kesteven, reference 23/1021/FUL)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority North Kesteven, reference 23/1021/FUL)
- Permit refused (planning authority North Kesteven, reference 23/1021/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Kesteven, reference 23/1021/FUL)
How it compares
Little Hale Fen - Solar Farm is the 426th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 770th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 50 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 | 426th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 770th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 1,867th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 4 transmission lines, 3 data centers, 3 grid connections (9.7 MW) and 2 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 2.5 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 11 km |
| Digital Space DC - Newark | Data center | — | — | 39 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 87850427) | Data center | — | — | 43 km |
| Belmont Covert | Substation | — | — | 44 km |
| Positive Park | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
| Grimsby to Walpole | Transmission line | — | Planned | 47 km |
| Solar 5 MW grid connection at South Reston | Grid connection | 5 MW | Operating | 48 km |
| Hall Water Treatment Works grid connection | Grid connection | 1.6 MW | Operating | 48 km |
Operator and place
More from AGR Solar 2 Limited
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- Little Hale Fen - Solar Farm50 MW · permitted
Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 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.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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