Power plant · Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Little Sharpshaw Farm solar park
Little Sharpshaw Farm solar park is a cancelled power plant in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 5.3 MW of capacity, operated by AEE Renewables.
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 | Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Little Sharpshaw Farm, Marston Bigot, Frome, BA11 5DD | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Jun 2013 (reference 2013/1149, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Nov 2013 (refused, reference 2013/1149, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | AEE Renewables | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 5.3 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 | 13.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.2081, -2.3478 | 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 refused (planning authority Somerset, reference 2013/1149)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Somerset, reference 2013/1149)
How it compares
Little Sharpshaw Farm solar park is the 1,724th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 2,699th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 5.3 MW is <0.1% 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 | 1,724th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,699th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 8,317th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 148 grid connections (94 operating, 884 MW), 80 substations, 5 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit A1 Marston Trading Estate grid connection | Grid connection | 2.41 MW | Operating | 2.3 km |
| Monksham Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 7.6 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| West Woodlands PV grid connection | Grid connection | 3.88 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Holwell Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.7 km |
| Frome BSP | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Frome Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 33 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.
- © 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.