Power plant · Cherwell, England, United Kingdom
Manor Farm, Noke - Solar Farm
Manor Farm, Noke - Solar Farm is a permitted solar power plant in Cherwell, England, United Kingdom, with 45 MW of capacity, operated by Green Nation.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Cherwell (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Manor Farm, Noke, Oxford, OX33 9TX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 16 Sept 2025 (permit 22/01682/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 7 Jun 2022 (reference 22/01682/F, planning authority Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Sept 2025 (appeal granted, reference 22/01682/F, planning authority Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 16 Sept 2025 (granted, reference 22/01682/F, planning authority Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Jul 2024 (refused, reference 22/01682/F, planning authority Cherwell) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Green Nation (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 45 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 | 43.8 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.8234, -1.2090 | 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 granted (planning authority Cherwell, reference 22/01682/F)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Cherwell, reference 22/01682/F)
- Permit refused (planning authority Cherwell, reference 22/01682/F)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cherwell, reference 22/01682/F)
How it compares
Manor Farm, Noke - Solar Farm is the 660th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,092nd-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 45 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 660th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,092nd of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,242nd of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 141 grid connections (68 operating, 658 MW), 137 substations and 24 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noke Solar Farm - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 18 MW | Planned | 1.0 km |
| Rowles Farm PV grid connection | Grid connection | 9.5 MW | Operating | 2.2 km |
| Family Farmhouse grid connection | Grid connection | 12.6 MW | Planned | 3.3 km |
| Lovelace Road Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.7 km |
| Headington BSP | Substation | — | — | 6.0 km |
| Headington Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.1 km |
| University Shared Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 7.7 km |
| AWS Didcot Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 23 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 1254986167) | Data center | — | — | 28 km |
Operator and place
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- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- 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.
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- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.