Power plant · Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Millbrook Power
Millbrook Power is a permitted power plant in Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, with 299 MW of capacity, operated by Millbrook Power Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Central Bedfordshire (coordinates), England (Eastern) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The Rookery Pit Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire | 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 | 13 Mar 2019 (permit EN010068, 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 | 23 Oct 2017 (reference EN010068, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 13 Mar 2019 (granted, reference EN010068, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Millbrook Power 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 | 72.9 ha (application boundary) | planning.data.gov.uk · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.0557, -0.5229 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares
Millbrook Power is the 150th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 233rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 299 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 | 150th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | 0.16% |
| United Kingdom | 233rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 540th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 17 data centers, 14 grid connections (7 operating, 68.1 MW) and 12 substations, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulsant Milton Keynes SE-1 | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 460010263) | Data center | — | — | 16 km |
| Data center, Dunstable (OSM way 526426719) | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| East Claydon GSP | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Pembridge Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 131 MW | Planned | 39 km |
| Bicester 49.9MW - PV grid connection | Grid connection | 44 MW | Planned | 41 km |
| Part Haveleys Solar Park grid connection | Grid connection | 45.5 MW | Planned | 42 km |
| Cokes Lane Primary | Substation | — | — | 43 km |
| Cottisford Primary | Substation | — | — | 43 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.
- 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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.