Power plant · Woking, England, United Kingdom
Mclaren Technology Centre, Chertsey Road - Solar Panels
Mclaren Technology Centre, Chertsey Road - Solar Panels is a permitted power plant in Woking, England, United Kingdom, with 2.56 MW of capacity, operated by McLaren Group Limited.
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 | Woking (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Mclaren Support Services Limited, Mclaren Technology Centre, Chertsey Road, Woking, GU21 4YH | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 18 Nov 2025 (permit PLAN/2025/0678, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Woking) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 26 Aug 2025 (reference PLAN/2025/0678, planning authority Woking) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 18 Nov 2025 (granted, reference PLAN/2025/0678, planning authority Woking) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | McLaren Group Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 2.56 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 | 51.3452, -0.5415 | 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.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Woking, reference PLAN/2025/0678)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Woking, reference PLAN/2025/0678)
How it compares
Mclaren Technology Centre, Chertsey Road - Solar Panels is the 1,792nd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,737th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 2.56 MW is <0.1% of the 300,461 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 | 1,792nd of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,737th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,911th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 197 substations, 149 data centers, 122 grid connections (66 operating, 708 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Realty LGW14 | Data center | — | — | 4.0 km |
| Redcentric Byfleet | Data center | — | — | 4.3 km |
| Chobham Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.7 km |
| Ark Data Centres - Longcross Park | Data center | — | — | 5.4 km |
| MVEE Primary | Substation | — | — | 5.5 km |
| Waste 3.325 MW grid connection at Causeway | Grid connection | 3.33 MW | Operating | 7.6 km |
| Ready - 200MW Battery grid connection | Grid connection | 200 MW | Planned | 9.5 km |
| Generation 1.7 MW grid connection at Sunbury Cross | Grid connection | 1.7 MW | Operating | 9.6 km |
| Egham Primary | Substation | — | — | 9.7 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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.