Power plant · Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Motcombe Road, Motcombe - Solar Pv Arrays
Motcombe Road, Motcombe - Solar Pv Arrays is a planned power plant in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, with 12 MW of capacity, operated by Enviromena.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Dorset (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Motcombe Road, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, SP7 9LD | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (planning application submitted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 29 Jul 2025 (reference P/FUL/2025/03674, planning authority Dorset) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Enviromena | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 12 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 |
| Coordinates | 51.0167, -2.1961 | 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.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit applied for (planning authority Dorset, reference P/FUL/2025/03674)
How it compares
Motcombe Road, Motcombe - Solar Pv Arrays is the 1,412th-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,193rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 12 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 | 1,412th of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,193rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 4,951st of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 199 grid connections (121 operating, 1,087 MW), 123 substations and 3 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motcombe Solar grid connection | Grid connection | 12 MW | Planned | 0.2 km |
| Aardvark PV grid connection | Grid connection | 4.28 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Shaftesbury BSP | Substation | — | — | 1.0 km |
| Shaftesbury Primary | Substation | — | — | 1.1 km |
| Hawkers Hill Farm grid connection | Grid connection | 99.9 MW | Planned | 1.2 km |
| Gillingham Primary | Substation | — | — | 6.3 km |
| Data Vault - Bournemouth BCP01 | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
| Data center, England (OSM way 996865179) | Data center | — | — | 45 km |
| Ark Data Centres | Data center | — | — | 45 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. 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.
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