Power plant · North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Moto Wetherby Motorway Service Area, Deighton Gates Roundabout - Solar Farm
Moto Wetherby Motorway Service Area, Deighton Gates Roundabout - Solar Farm is a permitted power plant in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, with 7 MW of capacity, operated by Moto Hospitality 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 | North Yorkshire (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Moto Wetherby Motorway Service Area, Deighton Gates Roundabout To County Boundary, Kirk Deighton, Wetherby, LS22 5GT | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 9 Aug 2024 (permit ZC23/04309/FULMAJ, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 27 Nov 2023 (reference ZC23/04309/FULMAJ, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 9 Aug 2024 (granted, reference ZC23/04309/FULMAJ, planning authority North Yorkshire) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Moto Hospitality Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 7 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 | 5.08 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.9479, -1.3656 | 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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- Permit granted (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference ZC23/04309/FULMAJ)
- Permit applied for (planning authority North Yorkshire, reference ZC23/04309/FULMAJ)
How it compares
Moto Wetherby Motorway Service Area, Deighton Gates Roundabout - Solar Farm is the 1,553rd-largest of 2,174 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 2,403rd-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 7 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 | 1,553rd of 2,174 | 185,888 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 2,403rd of 3,222 | 300,461 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 5,515th of 6,455 | 664,040 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 340 grid connections (174 operating, 1,720 MW), 291 substations, 7 data centers and 1 transmission line, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audby Lane | Substation | — | — | 1.9 km |
| Leeds Road | Substation | — | — | 6.3 km |
| Battery storage and Solar 68.4 MW grid connection at Bramham Hybrid | Grid connection | 68.4 MW | Planned | 7.6 km |
| Yorkshire GREEN | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 7.9 km |
| Waste 1.425 MW grid connection at Coneythorpe | Grid connection | 1.43 MW | Operating | 7.9 km |
| Waste 1.2 MW grid connection at Warren Lane | Grid connection | 1.2 MW | Operating | 8.2 km |
| Bramham | Substation | — | — | 8.8 km |
| VocaLink | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| GridJet | Data center | — | — | 23 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.
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- Supported by Northern Powergrid Open Data. Northern Powergrid open data portal, Northern Powergrid Open Data Licence v1.0.
- © 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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