Power plant · Thanet, England, United Kingdom
Minster Abbey, Bedlam Court Lane - Solar PV panels
Minster Abbey, Bedlam Court Lane - Solar PV panels is a solar power plant under construction in Thanet, England, United Kingdom, with 33 MW of capacity, operated by The Benedictine Nuns of St Mildreds Priory.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Thanet (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Minster Abbey Bedlam Court Lane, Ramsgate, CT12 4HF | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Under construction | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 9 Sept 2021 (reference F/TH/21/1365, planning authority Thanet) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | The Benedictine Nuns of St Mildreds Priory | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 33 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 | 0.04 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.3316, 1.3212 | 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.
- Construction started
- Permit applied for (planning authority Thanet, reference F/TH/21/1365)
How it compares
Minster Abbey, Bedlam Court Lane - Solar PV panels is the 790th-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,299th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 33 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 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 | 790th of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,299th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,687th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 2 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richborough Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 5.9 km |
| The Bunker - South East Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.9 km |
| Sota Datacentre | Data center | — | — | 41 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.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.