Power plant · Stafford, England, United Kingdom
Meaford Energy Centre
Meaford Energy Centre is a permitted gas power plant in Stafford, England, United Kingdom, with 299 MW of capacity, operated by Meaford Energy Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Stafford (coordinates), England (West Midlands) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Former Meaford Power Station site, east of Meaford Road, to the north of the town of Stone | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (post-decision, granted) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 19 Jul 2016 (permit EN010064, Planning Act 2008 development consent, issued by Secretary of State) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 31 Mar 2015 (reference EN010064, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 19 Jul 2016 (granted, reference EN010064, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Meaford Energy Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 299 MW (description) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Gas | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Area | 80.6 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.9249, -2.1651 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Meaford Energy Centre is the 147th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 225th-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 299 MW is 0.11% 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 | 147th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | 0.17% |
| United Kingdom | 225th of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | 0.11% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 532nd of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 27 grid connections (14 operating, 137 MW), 20 substations, 3 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities and 2 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet Central data center, England | Data center | — | — | 11 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 31 km |
| Dane Moss Solar PV grid connection | Grid connection | 7.5 MW | Planned | 35 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 2 grid connection | Grid connection | 2.1 MW | Operating | 35 km |
| Danes Moss Landfill Site 3 grid connection | Grid connection | 1.01 MW | Operating | 35 km |
| S.E. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 36 km |
| S.W. Macclesfield | Substation | — | — | 37 km |
| Chelford | Substation | — | — | 38 km |
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 38 km |
Operator and place
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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. planning.data.gov.uk, 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.