Power plant · North West Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Lockington Solar Park
Lockington Solar Park is a cancelled power plant in North West Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, with 15 MW of capacity, operated by Lark Energy.
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 West Leicestershire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land At M1 Junction 24, Lockington And Hemington, Leicestershire | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 14 Jan 2015 (permit 14/00488/FULM, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North West Leicestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Jun 2014 (reference 14/00488/FULM, planning authority North West Leicestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 14 Jan 2015 (granted, reference 14/00488/FULM, planning authority North West Leicestershire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Lark Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 15 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 | 61.3 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.8696, -1.2978 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Lockington Solar Park is the 774th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 1,388th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 15 MW is <0.1% of the 115,642 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 | 774th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,388th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 5,094th of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 391 grid connections, 6 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 substation, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site Near Winking Hill Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Lockington Farm grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.5 km |
| Ratcliffe on Soar BESS grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 2.8 km |
| Experian | Data center | — | — | 10 km |
| nLighten Nottingham | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Chesterfield to Willington | Transmission line | — | Planned | 20 km |
| Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire | Transmission line | — | Planned | 24 km |
| Santander data center, England | Data center | — | — | 32 km |
| Dronfield | Substation | — | — | 49 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). 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.
- NGED Connected Data portal. NGED Connected Data portal, Terms not verified.
- 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.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.