Power plant · Bristol, City of, England, United Kingdom
Moorhouse Farm, Moorhouse Lane - Solar Park
Moorhouse Farm, Moorhouse Lane - Solar Park is a power plant under construction in Bristol, City of, England, United Kingdom, with 3.81 MW of capacity, operated by Cabot Park Solar Limited.
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 | Bristol, City of (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | N/O Moorhouse Farm, Moorhouse Lane, Bristol, BS10 7RU | 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 |
| Permit date | 30 Apr 2024 (permit 22/05849/F, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Bristol, City of) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Jan 2023 (reference 22/05849/F, planning authority Bristol, City of) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 30 Apr 2024 (granted, reference 22/05849/F, planning authority Bristol, City of) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Cabot Park Solar Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 3.81 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 | 5.2 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5152, -2.6547 | 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 granted (planning authority Bristol, City of, reference 22/05849/F)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Bristol, City of, reference 22/05849/F)
How it compares
Moorhouse Farm, Moorhouse Lane - Solar Park is the 1,726th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,648th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 3.81 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 | 1,726th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,648th of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,802nd of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 78 grid connections (47 operating, 617 MW), 32 substations, 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nLighten Bristol | Data center | — | — | 5.8 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 13 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 22 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 23 km |
| Insight Data Ltd | Data center | — | — | 25 km |
| Vantage Data Centers - CWL13 | Data center | — | — | 27 km |
| Alderton Primary | Substation | — | — | 30 km |
| Castle Combe PV grid connection | Grid connection | 11.4 MW | Operating | 30 km |
| Homewood Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 1 MW | Planned | 31 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.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, 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.
- 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.