Power plant · Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Middle Drove and Porchestall Drove - Solar Array
Middle Drove and Porchestall Drove - Solar Array is a cancelled solar power plant in Somerset, England, United Kingdom, with 1.23 MW of capacity, operated by Avalon Community 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 | Somerset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Middle Drove & Porchestall Drove, Glastonbury, BA6 9LR | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Jun 2025 (reference 2025/1122/FUL, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 2 Oct 2025 (refused, reference 2025/1122/FUL, planning authority Somerset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Avalon Community Energy (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1.23 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 | 4 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.1476, -2.7295 | 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 refused (planning authority Somerset, reference 2025/1122/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Somerset, reference 2025/1122/FUL)
How it compares
Middle Drove and Porchestall Drove - Solar Array is the 3,770th-largest of 4,035 power plants in England and the 5,486th-largest of 5,834 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1.23 MW is <0.1% of the 200,500 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 | 3,770th of 4,035 | 134,434 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 5,486th of 5,834 | 200,500 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 15,226th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 95 grid connections (59 operating, 505 MW), 42 substations, 7 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet Air Arm Museum grid connection | Grid connection | 4.01 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Solar 1.254 MW grid connection at Castle Cary | Grid connection | 1.25 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Southfield Farm Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 7.6 MW | Operating | 17 km |
| Castle Cary Primary | Substation | — | — | 17 km |
| Sparkford Primary | Substation | — | — | 18 km |
| Tata Communications Highbridge Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 19 km |
| Chilton Cantello Primary | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 21 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 23 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- 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.
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