Power plant · Mid Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Majors Hill/Turners Hill Solar Farm
Majors Hill/Turners Hill Solar Farm is a power plant in Mid Sussex, England, United Kingdom, with 1.1 MW of capacity, operated by Haymaker 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 | Mid Sussex (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Land Parcel At 532484 136274 M, Turners Hill Road, Crawley Down, Crawley, RH10 4 | 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 | 2016 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 2 Oct 2015 (permit DM/15/1949, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Mid Sussex) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 15 Jun 2015 (reference DM/15/1949, planning authority Mid Sussex) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Oct 2015 (granted, reference DM/15/1949, planning authority Mid Sussex) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Haymaker Energy | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.1 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 |
| Coordinates | 51.1107, -0.1056 | 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.
- Commissioned
- Permit granted (planning authority Mid Sussex, reference DM/15/1949)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Mid Sussex, reference DM/15/1949)
How it compares
Majors Hill/Turners Hill Solar Farm is the 3,268th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 4,829th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.1 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 | 3,268th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 4,829th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 11,693rd of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this power plant from its sources, oldest first.
- Started operating
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 83 data centers, 71 substations and 27 grid connections (15 operating, 69.5 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs data center, East Grinstead | Data center | — | — | 5.2 km |
| Digital Realty LGW15 | Data center | — | — | 5.3 km |
| Digital Realty LGW16 | Data center | — | — | 5.4 km |
| Five Oaks Primary | Substation | — | — | 23 km |
| Solar 3.905 MW grid connection at Five Oaks Farm PV | Grid connection | 3.91 MW | Operating | 24 km |
| Billingshurst Primary | Substation | — | — | 26 km |
| Malham Farm Solar & Storage grid connection | Grid connection | 20 MW | Planned | 28 km |
| Plaistow Primary | Substation | — | — | 31 km |
| Solar 4.75 MW grid connection at Plaistow | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 32 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.
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