Power plant · Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom
Midpoint 18 Business Park
Midpoint 18 Business Park is a cancelled power plant in Cheshire East, England, United Kingdom, with 35.5 MW of capacity, operated by Covanta.
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 | Cheshire East (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Pochin Way, Middlewich, Cheshire, CW10 0TE | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (appeal refused) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 17 Mar 2009 (reference 09/0738W, planning authority Cheshire East) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 23 Jul 2012 (appeal refused, reference 09/0738W, planning authority Cheshire East) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 29 Apr 2011 (refused, reference 09/0738W, planning authority Cheshire East) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Covanta | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 35.5 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | EfW Incineration | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.1912, -2.4249 | 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 (appeal refused, planning authority Cheshire East, reference 09/0738W)
- Permit refused (planning authority Cheshire East, reference 09/0738W)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Cheshire East, reference 09/0738W)
How it compares
Midpoint 18 Business Park is the 344th-largest of 3,430 power plants in England and the 649th-largest of 5,050 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 35.5 MW is <0.1% of the 115,622 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 | 344th of 3,430 | 71,965 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 649th of 5,050 | 115,622 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 2,516th of 12,032 | 1,190,447 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 236 substations, 229 grid connections (130 operating, 1,068 MW), 18 data centers, 3 gas storage facilities 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keuper Gas Storage Project | Gas storage facility | — | Permitted | 3.7 km |
| Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1 | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 4.5 km |
| Salinae Hydrogen Storage project | Gas storage facility | — | Planned | 5.4 km |
| Chelford | Substation | — | — | 13 km |
| Alderley House grid connection | Grid connection | 1.8 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Alderley Park CHP grid connection | Grid connection | 2.6 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Woodhouse Nurseries grid connection | Grid connection | 3.4 MW | Operating | 16 km |
| Alderley | Substation | — | — | 19 km |
| Wilmslow | Substation | — | — | 20 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.
- SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.
- 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.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- 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.