Power plant · Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Lockheed Road, Burtonwood & Westbrook - Solar panels
Lockheed Road, Burtonwood & Westbrook - Solar panels is a permitted power plant in Warrington, England, United Kingdom, with 1.75 MW of capacity, operated by Brakes Group.
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 | Warrington (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Unit 3, Lockheed Road, Burtonwood & Westbrook, Warrington, WA5 4AH | 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 | 17 Aug 2023 (permit 2023/00681/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Warrington) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 Jun 2023 (reference 2023/00681/FULM, planning authority Warrington) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 17 Aug 2023 (granted, reference 2023/00681/FULM, planning authority Warrington) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Brakes Group | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.75 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 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.4172, -2.6556 | 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 granted (planning authority Warrington, reference 2023/00681/FULM)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Warrington, reference 2023/00681/FULM)
How it compares
Lockheed Road, Burtonwood & Westbrook - Solar panels is the 1,898th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,881st-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.75 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 | 1,898th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,881st of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 6,088th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 335 grid connections (184 operating, 1,629 MW), 326 substations, 17 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain | Data center | — | — | 1.7 km |
| Bold GSP | Substation | — | — | 3.1 km |
| Verizon Warrington | Data center | — | — | 3.6 km |
| Unit 1 Junction Lane grid connection | Grid connection | 5.26 MW | Planned | 3.6 km |
| Parkside Railway Station grid connection | Grid connection | 3 MW | Operating | 4.9 km |
| Newton Le Willows | Substation | — | — | 4.9 km |
| Lymes Wood Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | 1.03 MW | Operating | 5.4 km |
| Haydock | Substation | — | — | 6.2 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1551100328) | Data center | — | — | 6.5 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.