Power plant · Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Mopes Lane, Purton - Solar Farm
Mopes Lane, Purton - Solar Farm is a cancelled solar power plant in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, with 20 MW of capacity, operated by Spring Dev 08 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 | Wiltshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Hills Minerals & Waste Ltd, Mopes Lane, Purton, SN5 4HG | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Cancelled (planning permission granted, permission expired) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 15 Apr 2023 (permit PL/2021/10405, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 3 Nov 2021 (reference PL/2021/10405, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Apr 2023 (granted, reference PL/2021/10405, planning authority Wiltshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Spring Dev 08 Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 20 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 | 23.7 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.5982, -1.8718 | 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 granted (planning authority Wiltshire, reference PL/2021/10405)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Wiltshire, reference PL/2021/10405)
How it compares
Mopes Lane, Purton - Solar Farm is the 878th-largest of 4,036 power plants in England and the 1,482nd-largest of 5,837 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 20 MW is <0.1% of the 200,833 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 | 878th of 4,036 | 134,406 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,482nd of 5,837 | 200,833 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,543rd of 13,028 | 1,354,089 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 191 grid connections (103 operating, 1,211 MW), 129 substations, 11 data centers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ft AH Purton Solar Farm - Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 19 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Purton Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 3.2 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Bentham Solar Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 8.27 MW | Operating | 1.2 km |
| Nationwide Swindon Technology Centre | Data center | — | — | 3.8 km |
| Swindon BSP | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Swindon Primary | Substation | — | — | 3.9 km |
| Cricklade Primary | Substation | — | — | 4.5 km |
| Vodafone | Data center | — | — | 5.5 km |
| nLighten Swindon | Data center | — | — | 9.8 km |
Operator and place
Grid connections attached to this power plant
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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.
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