Power plant · Arun, England, United Kingdom
Mundham, Runcton Lane - Solar Farm
Mundham, Runcton Lane - Solar Farm is a permitted solar power plant in Arun, England, United Kingdom, with 30 MW of capacity, operated by BNRG Renewables.
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 | Arun (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/O Mundham, Runcton Lane, Runcton, Chichester, PO20 1XJ | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (appeal granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 11 Mar 2026 (permit 24/01859/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Chichester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 21 Aug 2024 (reference 24/01859/FUL, planning authority Chichester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 12 May 2025 (refused, reference 24/01859/FUL, planning authority Chichester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Mar 2026 (granted, reference 24/01859/FUL, planning authority Chichester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 11 Mar 2026 (appeal granted, reference 24/01859/FUL, planning authority Chichester) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | BNRG Renewables (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 30 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 | 49 ha (solar site area) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.8046, -0.7354 | 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 Chichester, reference 24/01859/FUL)
- Permit granted (appeal granted, planning authority Chichester, reference 24/01859/FUL)
- Permit refused (planning authority Chichester, reference 24/01859/FUL)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Chichester, reference 24/01859/FUL)
How it compares
Mundham, Runcton Lane - Solar Farm is the 806th-largest of 1,651 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 1,321st-largest of 2,549 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 30 MW is <0.1% of the 279,978 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 | 806th of 1,651 | 172,174 MW | <0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 1,321st of 2,549 | 279,978 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 2,733rd of 5,782 | 643,557 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 119 grid connections (71 operating, 645 MW), 113 substations, 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merston Farm PV - 1 grid connection | Grid connection | 3.8 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Merston Farm PV - 1 grid connection | Grid connection | 3.8 MW | Operating | 0.5 km |
| Generation 4.75 MW grid connection at Rose Green | Grid connection | 4.75 MW | Operating | 0.8 km |
| Rose Green Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.1 km |
| Hunston BSP | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| Hunston Primary | Substation | — | — | 2.6 km |
| SSE data center, Havant | Data center | — | — | 18 km |
| Aquind Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 25 km |
| ServerHouse | Data center | — | — | 31 km |
Operator and place
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- Puriton Solar Farm4.6 MW
- Fferm Bryn Bachau4.4 MW
- Chawton Farm Solar Farm3.2 MW
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Other power plants in England
- Drax Power Station Biomass Units2,580 MW
- Ratcliffe-on-Soar2,021 MW
- Cottam2,000 MW
- Walpole Flexible Generation Project2,000 MW
- West Burton2,000 MW
- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
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.
- SSEN Distribution. SSEN Distribution data portal, CC BY 4.0.