Power plant · Maidstone, England, United Kingdom
Mathurst Solar Farm, Goudhust Road - Solar PV Farm
Mathurst Solar Farm, Goudhust Road - Solar PV Farm is a planned solar power plant in Maidstone, England, United Kingdom, with 18 MW of capacity, operated by Renewable Connections Developments Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Maidstone (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Mathurst Farm Land West Of Goudhurst Road Staplehurst, TN12 0HQ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 11 Jul 2024 (reference 24/502235/FULL, planning authority Maidstone) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Renewable Connections Developments Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 18 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 | 22.5 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1392, 0.5358 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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- Permit applied for (planning authority Maidstone, reference 24/502235/FULL)
How it compares
Mathurst Solar Farm, Goudhust Road - Solar PV Farm is the 1,049th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,700th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 18 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 1,049th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,700th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 3,824th of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 16 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CXD Infrastructure Solutions | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| CustodianDC Maidstone | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 24 km |
Operator and place
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Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- 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.