Power plant · Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Long Meadow Farm
Long Meadow Farm is a power plant in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, with 4.1 MW of capacity.
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 | Buckinghamshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (operational) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2015 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 10 Jan 2014 (permit 13/02392/APP, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 4 Sept 2013 (reference 13/02392/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 10 Jan 2014 (granted, reference 13/02392/APP, planning authority Buckinghamshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 4.1 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 | 7.49 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.8456, -0.6447 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Long Meadow Farm is the 2,338th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 3,480th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 4.1 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 | 2,338th of 3,430 | 71,985 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 3,480th of 5,050 | 115,642 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 9,231st of 12,008 | 1,173,302 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Permit issued (Town and Country Planning Act), no. 13/02392/APP
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 178 grid connections (45 operating, 434 MW), 146 substations, 102 data centers (1 operating, 88 MW) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 13 km |
| Bletchley Landfill Site grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 15 km |
| Land OFF grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 16 km |
| NTT Hemel Hempstead 2 | Data center | — | — | 17 km |
| Bletchley Landfill Power Station 2 grid connection | Grid connection | — | — | 17 km |
| Amersham GSP | Substation | — | — | 20 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 20 km |
| Cokes Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 21 km |
Place
Other power plants in England
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- Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm1,500 MW
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- 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.
- 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.
- © 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.